The document provides an overview of the organization Invisible Children and their efforts to help children affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in northern Uganda. It discusses how the LRA abducted children and forced them to become child soldiers, and the human rights abuses this caused. Invisible Children aims to create safe schools for these children and raise awareness about their plight through videos, bracelet campaigns, and educational presentations.
The document summarizes major events that occurred between 2000 and 2012. It describes Vladimir Putin becoming Russian President in 2000 and the extended 2000 US Presidential election battle. It then outlines Bush's presidency, including goals of compassionate conservatism, tax cuts, and traditional values policies. 9/11 occurred in 2001, leading to the War on Terror and creation of the Department of Homeland Security and USA Patriot Act. The US initiated wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The document also summarizes technology growth including social media and outlines social movements regarding gay rights, women's rights, and the Arab Spring during this decade.
This document provides information about the film industries of South Africa and several South African films. It discusses that the largest film industry in Africa is in Nigeria, while South Africa has developed its own robust industry. It then summarizes several influential South African films, including Tsotsi about a gang member who cares for an orphaned baby, Disgrace about a professor who loses his job and reputation, and Invictus about Nelson Mandela's support of the national rugby team in the 1990s as a means to unite South Africa after apartheid.
The document summarizes the story of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education. [1] As a child in Pakistan's Swat Valley, she blogged anonymously about life under Taliban rule and advocating for girls' education. [2] In 2012, she was shot by the Taliban at age 15 but survived and continued her advocacy. [3] She has since received numerous honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and continues campaigning internationally for the right to education.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children face abuse, long work hours, little education or pay. They are often told they will attend school but instead receive one small meal per day and beatings.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children face abuse, long work hours, little education or pay. They are often told they will attend school but instead receive one small meal per day and beatings.
Weekly Theme Quiz Journey 29.11.2020- Full SetPartha Gupta
This document announces an online mixed bag quiz being conducted by Partha Gupta on November 29, 2020 at 10 PM onwards on his Facebook page. It provides the Facebook link and specifies that participants should provide answers via WhatsApp, SMS, or Facebook Messenger, with an answering time of 1 hour. The document wishes participants good luck in answering the questions as early as possible.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children work long hours, receive little to no education, and face physical abuse.
Black popular media refers to ideas, perspectives, attitudes, and phenomena that are preferred within mainstream African American culture and heavily influenced by mass media. It permeates the everyday lives of African Americans. Black popular media highlights achievements but also contains negative portrayals that can influence how African Americans view themselves and how others view African Americans. It is important for viewers of black popular media to avoid stereotyping. Black popular media is also important for companies looking to market to African Americans, who have a collective buying power of over $1 trillion. However, some aspects of black popular media, such as portrayals deemed "ratchet," have been criticized for potentially exploiting and perpetuating stereotypes.
The document summarizes major events that occurred between 2000 and 2012. It describes Vladimir Putin becoming Russian President in 2000 and the extended 2000 US Presidential election battle. It then outlines Bush's presidency, including goals of compassionate conservatism, tax cuts, and traditional values policies. 9/11 occurred in 2001, leading to the War on Terror and creation of the Department of Homeland Security and USA Patriot Act. The US initiated wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The document also summarizes technology growth including social media and outlines social movements regarding gay rights, women's rights, and the Arab Spring during this decade.
This document provides information about the film industries of South Africa and several South African films. It discusses that the largest film industry in Africa is in Nigeria, while South Africa has developed its own robust industry. It then summarizes several influential South African films, including Tsotsi about a gang member who cares for an orphaned baby, Disgrace about a professor who loses his job and reputation, and Invictus about Nelson Mandela's support of the national rugby team in the 1990s as a means to unite South Africa after apartheid.
The document summarizes the story of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education. [1] As a child in Pakistan's Swat Valley, she blogged anonymously about life under Taliban rule and advocating for girls' education. [2] In 2012, she was shot by the Taliban at age 15 but survived and continued her advocacy. [3] She has since received numerous honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, and continues campaigning internationally for the right to education.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children face abuse, long work hours, little education or pay. They are often told they will attend school but instead receive one small meal per day and beatings.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children face abuse, long work hours, little education or pay. They are often told they will attend school but instead receive one small meal per day and beatings.
Weekly Theme Quiz Journey 29.11.2020- Full SetPartha Gupta
This document announces an online mixed bag quiz being conducted by Partha Gupta on November 29, 2020 at 10 PM onwards on his Facebook page. It provides the Facebook link and specifies that participants should provide answers via WhatsApp, SMS, or Facebook Messenger, with an answering time of 1 hour. The document wishes participants good luck in answering the questions as early as possible.
Child slavery continues to be a significant problem in Africa. Parents sometimes sell their children into slavery for as little as $14 due to inability to pay for food. Boys are sold to work on cotton and cocoa plantations while girls become domestic servants or prostitutes. The UN estimates 200,000 children from West and Southern Africa are enslaved. Children work long hours, receive little to no education, and face physical abuse.
Black popular media refers to ideas, perspectives, attitudes, and phenomena that are preferred within mainstream African American culture and heavily influenced by mass media. It permeates the everyday lives of African Americans. Black popular media highlights achievements but also contains negative portrayals that can influence how African Americans view themselves and how others view African Americans. It is important for viewers of black popular media to avoid stereotyping. Black popular media is also important for companies looking to market to African Americans, who have a collective buying power of over $1 trillion. However, some aspects of black popular media, such as portrayals deemed "ratchet," have been criticized for potentially exploiting and perpetuating stereotypes.
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a religious extremist group that originated in northern Uganda in the 1980s seeking to overthrow the government. Led by Joseph Kony, the LRA's goals later shifted to forming a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments but it now primarily attacks civilian villages to gain recruits and supplies. The LRA has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in central Africa and forced tens of thousands of children to serve as soldiers. Efforts to stop the LRA through military interventions have had limited success, so alternative approaches like placing local defense units in villages or arming civilians are being considered.
This is my Human Rights Violation Project for AP World History. It centers around, but is not exclusive to, the use of Child Soldiers by the Lords Resitance Army (LRA). Visit http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php for more info.
Invisible Children exists to bring a permanent end to atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The document discusses several recommendations for Invisible Children's fundraising and business cooperation strategies, including maintaining basic product lines while reducing extensive lines, corporate partnerships, and collaborations with other organizations working in similar areas. It also outlines potential pros and cons of different partnership and fundraising execution plans.
The document discusses macroeconomic models including the production possibilities frontier (PPF), the long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) curve, the aggregate demand (AD) curve, the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve, and how they relate to the circular flow model and determine equilibrium output and prices in both the short-run and long-run. It also provides examples of factors that can cause these curves and equilibriums to shift, such as consumer confidence, taxes, government spending, money supply, labor force, and technology changes.
The document summarizes the history of war in Northern Uganda from 1986 to the present. It discusses how Alice Lakwena gathered forces to overthrow the Ugandan government in the 1980s but was later exiled. Joseph Kony then assumed leadership of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and resorted to abducting children to use as soldiers, with 90% of his army being child soldiers. In response to LRA attacks in 1996, the Ugandan government relocated thousands of civilians to internally displaced persons camps. By 2006, nearly 1 million people were still living in these camps. The document also discusses the origins of Invisible Children and a visit by the organization to Uganda to work with teachers in Northern Uganda
This document outlines an interest meeting for an LRA (Lead Resident Assistant) position. As an LRA, the main goals would be to lead the resident assistant staff, provide support to the Hall Director, and utilize abilities while recognizing limitations. The LRA must be able to perform duties with a variety of staff members, find strengths in team members, and pull the team together to ensure success in the Department of Housing and Residence Life. Qualifications, duties, and important dates are also discussed.
The LRA conflict devastated northern Uganda for nearly 20 years as the LRA forcibly recruited from the Acholi tribe and displaced over 1.4 million Acholi into camps. Both the LRA and Ugandan government bear responsibility - the LRA terrorized the Acholi through abductions and attacks, while the Ugandan government neglected the displaced Acholi in camps, pursuing its own interests in Acholi land and allowing conditions that amounted to slow genocide. A peace agreement was finally reached in 2006, though the LRA remains active in other parts of Africa.
Lara Exploration is a Canadian mineral exploration company operating in South America using a prospect generator model. It has a diverse portfolio of projects focused on copper, gold, and other commodities. Key projects include the Liberdade copper discovery in Brazil being advanced with partner Codelco, the Maravaia copper mine in Brazil under development, and gold and copper projects in Peru optioned to partners. Lara is funded to acquire new prospects and advance projects through joint ventures, royalties, and project sales during the current downturn in commodity prices.
El documento introduce el tema de la ingeniería de software. Brevemente describe el rápido desarrollo del hardware impulsado por la ley de Moore y cómo esto ha creado sistemas más complejos que requieren software más sofisticado. También explica cómo la "crisis del software" surgió en la década de 1960 y los esfuerzos iniciales para profesionalizar el desarrollo de software a través de la ingeniería de software. Finalmente, resume los principales organismos de normalización que han contribuido a establecer estándares y mejores pr
The LRA conflict devastated northern Uganda for over 20 years as the LRA waged war against the Ugandan government and forcibly recruited from the Acholi tribe. Over 20,000 children were abducted and the entire Acholi population was displaced from 1987-2006. While the LRA terrorized the region, the Ugandan government also forced over 1 million Acholi into squalid camps, neglecting conditions that caused many deaths, in order to seize Acholi land for development projects. Though peace talks commenced in 2006, the LRA still operates in parts of central Africa and Joseph Kony remains at large.
The document discusses analyzing student participation and engagement in an online graduate education course. It describes using various technical tools like engagement indexes, asset libraries, and whiteboards to track participation metrics. It analyzes how tweaking elements like disabling thumbnail liking affected participation behaviors. Key findings were that the engagement index influenced participation levels, but removing game-like elements reduced competitive behaviors and more participation was based on intrinsic motivation. Overall it assessed using social learning analytics to better understand online collaboration and knowledge building.
This document outlines advanced online training resources for members of the Life Retuning Association (LRA) including interactive quizzes, presentations, diagrams, an LRA blog, Google alerts with updates, videos, and future online events utilizing slideshows, diagrams, quizzes and videos to provide continued learning opportunities and to share successes, questions and tips. The goal is to keep members' knowledge fresh and provide support through eliminating suffering using Life Retuning.
Long run aggregate supply is determined by factors that affect an economy's potential output over the long run, including: labor supply and quality, capital investment, productivity, technology advances, and institutions. An outward shift of the LRAS curve represents an increase in potential output and real economic growth. Productivity, defined as output per hour worked, is the main driver of the UK's potential output growth in the long run according to forecasts.
The document discusses the importance of repository policies and the evolution of policies at the Leicester University Repository (LRA). Key points:
1) Policies underpin repository development, practices, and provide transparency/clarity. They are important for coping with staff changes.
2) LRA policies have evolved from a focus on submissions and metadata to also address issues like bibliometrics, data archiving, mandates for electronic theses deposits, and publisher rights.
3) Both internal and external drivers like metrics, research assessment, and national developments have shaped policy changes to ensure the sustainability and growth of the LRA over time.
This report evaluates USAID's counter-Lord's Resistance Army (C-LRA) programming in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR) from 2010-2015. It finds that LRA-affected communities
have been empowered since 2010 through increased effectiveness of early warning systems and community
protection programs. However, the specific impact of USAID-funded C-LRA programming compared to non-
USAID programming is unclear due to a lack of baseline data and a well-defined theory of change. The report
assesses needs, evaluates the Secure, Empowered, Connected Communities (SECC) program, and provides
recommendations to inform
This document provides an overview of Lara Exploration Ltd., a mineral exploration company with projects in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Colombia. It summarizes Lara's business model of prospect generation through partnerships and joint ventures that fund exploration, limiting its financial risk. Key points include Lara having a multi-commodity portfolio covering gold, silver, tin, copper, nickel, iron, zinc, lead, potassium, phosphorus and coal. Recent exploration successes are highlighted, such as a copper-gold discovery in Brazil through a joint venture with Codelco.
In 1800s, Boganda had a lot of power and it was ruled by King or Kabaka. Boganda was one of the richest and most sophisticated kingdoms in Africa. Up to 1890, British Colonial rule. In 1962, Uganda gained independence from the British. In 1966, leader of the ruling party – Uganda People’s Congress, Milton Obote drafted a new Constitution for the country. In 1971, Idi Amin toppled Obote’s government. In 1986, due to the Civil War about a million people were dead and about 600,000 were injured. The economy was virtually bankrupt. People wanted a change and they supported a new party called the National Resistance Movement (NRM). NRM seized power. In 2002, Museveni became the President.
Open Source Software im geschäftskritischen EinsatzMatthias Stürmer
Open Source Software ist längst in der Mainstream-IT angelangt und wird damit bereits heute in den meisten Unternehmen und öffentlichen Institutionen in geschäftskritischen Bereichen eingesetzt. Noch aber regeln erst die wenigsten Organisationen den systematischen Umgang mit Open Source Software. Damit wird oft das volle Potential von Open Source Technologien nicht ausgenutzt und Risiken ungenügend adressiert. Um die aktive Auseinandersetzung mit Open Source zu fördern und einen Beitrag zur praxisgerechten Beurteilung zu leisten, hat Ernst & Young die umfassende Publikation „Open Source Software im geschäftskritischen Einsatz“ erarbeitet. Sie zeigt Vorteile, Risiken und Good Practices rund um Open Source Software auf, legt Varianten des professionellen Einsatzes von Open Source dar, gibt einen vertieften Einblick in die Lizenzthematik und bietet einen generellen einen Überblick zu Open Source Projekten und Communities.
Invisible Children PowerPoint Project 1christineerin
The document summarizes the mission and goals of Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization working to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and restore peace. Their mission is to use film, creativity and social action to end Joseph Kony's rebel war in central Africa. Their goals are to promote peaceful living in Uganda, end the war, and return abducted child soldiers to their families. They work to protect communities, encourage rebel defection, provide rehabilitation and family reunification, support post-conflict recovery, and promote the arrest of Joseph Kony.
The document discusses two topics: child soldiers in Angola during the Angolan Civil War from 1988 and the refugee crisis in El Salvador. It details how both sides in the Angolan conflict, the MPLA and UNITA, recruited thousands of child soldiers due to a declining education system and poor economic conditions caused by the long-running civil war. Many child soldiers faced abuse and traumatic experiences. It also provides background context on the conflicts.
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a religious extremist group that originated in northern Uganda in the 1980s seeking to overthrow the government. Led by Joseph Kony, the LRA's goals later shifted to forming a theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments but it now primarily attacks civilian villages to gain recruits and supplies. The LRA has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in central Africa and forced tens of thousands of children to serve as soldiers. Efforts to stop the LRA through military interventions have had limited success, so alternative approaches like placing local defense units in villages or arming civilians are being considered.
This is my Human Rights Violation Project for AP World History. It centers around, but is not exclusive to, the use of Child Soldiers by the Lords Resitance Army (LRA). Visit http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php for more info.
Invisible Children exists to bring a permanent end to atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The document discusses several recommendations for Invisible Children's fundraising and business cooperation strategies, including maintaining basic product lines while reducing extensive lines, corporate partnerships, and collaborations with other organizations working in similar areas. It also outlines potential pros and cons of different partnership and fundraising execution plans.
The document discusses macroeconomic models including the production possibilities frontier (PPF), the long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) curve, the aggregate demand (AD) curve, the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve, and how they relate to the circular flow model and determine equilibrium output and prices in both the short-run and long-run. It also provides examples of factors that can cause these curves and equilibriums to shift, such as consumer confidence, taxes, government spending, money supply, labor force, and technology changes.
The document summarizes the history of war in Northern Uganda from 1986 to the present. It discusses how Alice Lakwena gathered forces to overthrow the Ugandan government in the 1980s but was later exiled. Joseph Kony then assumed leadership of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and resorted to abducting children to use as soldiers, with 90% of his army being child soldiers. In response to LRA attacks in 1996, the Ugandan government relocated thousands of civilians to internally displaced persons camps. By 2006, nearly 1 million people were still living in these camps. The document also discusses the origins of Invisible Children and a visit by the organization to Uganda to work with teachers in Northern Uganda
This document outlines an interest meeting for an LRA (Lead Resident Assistant) position. As an LRA, the main goals would be to lead the resident assistant staff, provide support to the Hall Director, and utilize abilities while recognizing limitations. The LRA must be able to perform duties with a variety of staff members, find strengths in team members, and pull the team together to ensure success in the Department of Housing and Residence Life. Qualifications, duties, and important dates are also discussed.
The LRA conflict devastated northern Uganda for nearly 20 years as the LRA forcibly recruited from the Acholi tribe and displaced over 1.4 million Acholi into camps. Both the LRA and Ugandan government bear responsibility - the LRA terrorized the Acholi through abductions and attacks, while the Ugandan government neglected the displaced Acholi in camps, pursuing its own interests in Acholi land and allowing conditions that amounted to slow genocide. A peace agreement was finally reached in 2006, though the LRA remains active in other parts of Africa.
Lara Exploration is a Canadian mineral exploration company operating in South America using a prospect generator model. It has a diverse portfolio of projects focused on copper, gold, and other commodities. Key projects include the Liberdade copper discovery in Brazil being advanced with partner Codelco, the Maravaia copper mine in Brazil under development, and gold and copper projects in Peru optioned to partners. Lara is funded to acquire new prospects and advance projects through joint ventures, royalties, and project sales during the current downturn in commodity prices.
El documento introduce el tema de la ingeniería de software. Brevemente describe el rápido desarrollo del hardware impulsado por la ley de Moore y cómo esto ha creado sistemas más complejos que requieren software más sofisticado. También explica cómo la "crisis del software" surgió en la década de 1960 y los esfuerzos iniciales para profesionalizar el desarrollo de software a través de la ingeniería de software. Finalmente, resume los principales organismos de normalización que han contribuido a establecer estándares y mejores pr
The LRA conflict devastated northern Uganda for over 20 years as the LRA waged war against the Ugandan government and forcibly recruited from the Acholi tribe. Over 20,000 children were abducted and the entire Acholi population was displaced from 1987-2006. While the LRA terrorized the region, the Ugandan government also forced over 1 million Acholi into squalid camps, neglecting conditions that caused many deaths, in order to seize Acholi land for development projects. Though peace talks commenced in 2006, the LRA still operates in parts of central Africa and Joseph Kony remains at large.
The document discusses analyzing student participation and engagement in an online graduate education course. It describes using various technical tools like engagement indexes, asset libraries, and whiteboards to track participation metrics. It analyzes how tweaking elements like disabling thumbnail liking affected participation behaviors. Key findings were that the engagement index influenced participation levels, but removing game-like elements reduced competitive behaviors and more participation was based on intrinsic motivation. Overall it assessed using social learning analytics to better understand online collaboration and knowledge building.
This document outlines advanced online training resources for members of the Life Retuning Association (LRA) including interactive quizzes, presentations, diagrams, an LRA blog, Google alerts with updates, videos, and future online events utilizing slideshows, diagrams, quizzes and videos to provide continued learning opportunities and to share successes, questions and tips. The goal is to keep members' knowledge fresh and provide support through eliminating suffering using Life Retuning.
Long run aggregate supply is determined by factors that affect an economy's potential output over the long run, including: labor supply and quality, capital investment, productivity, technology advances, and institutions. An outward shift of the LRAS curve represents an increase in potential output and real economic growth. Productivity, defined as output per hour worked, is the main driver of the UK's potential output growth in the long run according to forecasts.
The document discusses the importance of repository policies and the evolution of policies at the Leicester University Repository (LRA). Key points:
1) Policies underpin repository development, practices, and provide transparency/clarity. They are important for coping with staff changes.
2) LRA policies have evolved from a focus on submissions and metadata to also address issues like bibliometrics, data archiving, mandates for electronic theses deposits, and publisher rights.
3) Both internal and external drivers like metrics, research assessment, and national developments have shaped policy changes to ensure the sustainability and growth of the LRA over time.
This report evaluates USAID's counter-Lord's Resistance Army (C-LRA) programming in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR) from 2010-2015. It finds that LRA-affected communities
have been empowered since 2010 through increased effectiveness of early warning systems and community
protection programs. However, the specific impact of USAID-funded C-LRA programming compared to non-
USAID programming is unclear due to a lack of baseline data and a well-defined theory of change. The report
assesses needs, evaluates the Secure, Empowered, Connected Communities (SECC) program, and provides
recommendations to inform
This document provides an overview of Lara Exploration Ltd., a mineral exploration company with projects in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Colombia. It summarizes Lara's business model of prospect generation through partnerships and joint ventures that fund exploration, limiting its financial risk. Key points include Lara having a multi-commodity portfolio covering gold, silver, tin, copper, nickel, iron, zinc, lead, potassium, phosphorus and coal. Recent exploration successes are highlighted, such as a copper-gold discovery in Brazil through a joint venture with Codelco.
In 1800s, Boganda had a lot of power and it was ruled by King or Kabaka. Boganda was one of the richest and most sophisticated kingdoms in Africa. Up to 1890, British Colonial rule. In 1962, Uganda gained independence from the British. In 1966, leader of the ruling party – Uganda People’s Congress, Milton Obote drafted a new Constitution for the country. In 1971, Idi Amin toppled Obote’s government. In 1986, due to the Civil War about a million people were dead and about 600,000 were injured. The economy was virtually bankrupt. People wanted a change and they supported a new party called the National Resistance Movement (NRM). NRM seized power. In 2002, Museveni became the President.
Open Source Software im geschäftskritischen EinsatzMatthias Stürmer
Open Source Software ist längst in der Mainstream-IT angelangt und wird damit bereits heute in den meisten Unternehmen und öffentlichen Institutionen in geschäftskritischen Bereichen eingesetzt. Noch aber regeln erst die wenigsten Organisationen den systematischen Umgang mit Open Source Software. Damit wird oft das volle Potential von Open Source Technologien nicht ausgenutzt und Risiken ungenügend adressiert. Um die aktive Auseinandersetzung mit Open Source zu fördern und einen Beitrag zur praxisgerechten Beurteilung zu leisten, hat Ernst & Young die umfassende Publikation „Open Source Software im geschäftskritischen Einsatz“ erarbeitet. Sie zeigt Vorteile, Risiken und Good Practices rund um Open Source Software auf, legt Varianten des professionellen Einsatzes von Open Source dar, gibt einen vertieften Einblick in die Lizenzthematik und bietet einen generellen einen Überblick zu Open Source Projekten und Communities.
Invisible Children PowerPoint Project 1christineerin
The document summarizes the mission and goals of Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization working to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and restore peace. Their mission is to use film, creativity and social action to end Joseph Kony's rebel war in central Africa. Their goals are to promote peaceful living in Uganda, end the war, and return abducted child soldiers to their families. They work to protect communities, encourage rebel defection, provide rehabilitation and family reunification, support post-conflict recovery, and promote the arrest of Joseph Kony.
The document discusses two topics: child soldiers in Angola during the Angolan Civil War from 1988 and the refugee crisis in El Salvador. It details how both sides in the Angolan conflict, the MPLA and UNITA, recruited thousands of child soldiers due to a declining education system and poor economic conditions caused by the long-running civil war. Many child soldiers faced abuse and traumatic experiences. It also provides background context on the conflicts.
The document discusses child soldiering and international efforts to address it. It begins by providing context on child soldiering as a historical phenomenon and estimates that 300,000 children currently serve as soldiers worldwide. It then outlines international legal frameworks like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court, and UN initiatives to monitor and address the issue. It discusses how child soldiers are recruited and used, countries where the problem is most prevalent, and challenges to rehabilitation. It also summarizes key international court cases prosecuting crimes of enlisting child soldiers and efforts of the ICC and Trust Fund for Victims to support victims.
Invisible Children is an organization that aims to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and restore peace. It seeks to protect communities from Joseph Kony's rebel group, encourage soldiers to defect, and provide rehabilitation and family reunification. It also supports post-conflict recovery through education and promotes Kony's arrest. Critical thinking, reading, and action are important to the organization's goals of educating people and inspiring support and involvement.
Invisible Children is an organization that aims to end the use of child soldiers in Uganda and restore peace. It seeks to protect communities from Joseph Kony's rebel group, encourage soldiers to defect, and provide rehabilitation and family reunification. It also supports post-conflict recovery through education and promotes Kony's arrest. While night commuting has reduced, nearly 1 million people still live in displacement camps. Invisible Children relies on critical thinking, reading, and action to educate and involve supporters in helping address the humanitarian crisis in Uganda.
How history of International Relations affect our everyday livesMarvin Njau
The study of history of international relations affects our daily lives in several ways:
1) It helps us avoid repeating the mistakes of the past that led to wars and conflicts, such as poor relations between countries that contributed to World Wars 1 and 2.
2) It has made countries more conscious of maintaining peaceful relations with other nations and recognizing interdependence, leading to cooperation through bodies like the UN.
3) However, some issues like terrorism persist due to failures of international relations and poor response, as seen with the rise of groups like Al-Qaeda in response to issues in Iraq.
4) Examining history has moved the world towards greater humanitarianism, with the UN and other groups providing aid, and countries
Child soldiers are a major issue in Sudan, where up to 300,000 children under 18 serve in armed groups. Children as young as 8 are used as soldiers, porters, cooks, and more, and face being sent to the front lines or into minefields. Girls may be raped or given as wives to commanders. Children are vulnerable to recruitment due to manipulation, and join due to pressure, seeking food or security. The use of child soldiers is an issue across Africa. The Sudanese civil war has involved child soldiers since 1983 and stems from tensions between northern and southern Sudan when Britain ruled.
Child trafficking accounts for 20% of human trafficking in West Africa, with nearly 100% of victims being children. The majority (79%) of trafficked children experience sexual exploitation, while 18% experience forced labor in activities like bonded labor, domestic servitude, and organ removal. Poverty is a major driver of child trafficking in developing nations, as children are sometimes sold by families unable to provide for them or to pay off debts. Trafficked children suffer physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and are at high risk in countries experiencing problems like civil wars, natural disasters, increasing numbers of orphans, and refugee crises.
Child trafficking accounts for 20% of human trafficking in West Africa, with nearly 100% of victims being children. The majority (79%) of trafficked children experience sexual exploitation, while 18% experience forced labor in activities like bonded labor, domestic servitude, and organ removal. Poverty is a major driving factor, as children are often sold by families unable to provide for them or to pay off debts. Trafficked children suffer physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and are at high risk in places experiencing conflicts, poverty, or natural disasters. Addressing this issue raises ethical concerns around treating children as means rather than ends and upholding their rights to freedom, choice, and freedom from torture.
Uganda faces many problems that inhibit development, such as civil war and corruption. Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has abducted tens of thousands of children and committed brutal acts of violence. While the US initially did not want to get involved, citizen advocacy groups helped pressure the US to send troops to Africa to try to stop Kony, though his attacks continue today. Idi Amin's regime from 1971-1979 was also very brutal, killing thousands of citizens, and his mismanagement weakened Uganda economically and internationally.
The document discusses Joseph Kony and the Kony 2012 campaign. It provides background on Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda who abducts children and forces them to commit violent acts. It describes the viral Kony 2012 video produced by Invisible Children that aimed to make Kony famous in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012. The document also discusses how the internet and social media helped spread awareness of Kony's crimes and the goal of the campaign.
The document discusses several issues related to children's rights around the world. It notes that over half a billion children live on less than $1 per day, over 110 million children do not attend school with over 50% being girls, and 11 million children die each year from preventable causes. It also discusses issues such as child labor, abuse, trafficking, and lack of access to necessities like clean water, food, shelter, and healthcare.
Over 50 countries use child soldiers, with estimates of 200,000 to 300,000 children under 18 participating. Children are used for combat as well as support roles like messengers or sex slaves. They are easily manipulated and require little resources. The Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, led by Joseph Kony since 1986, has forcibly conscripted many children through abductions. There are political, economic, and social causes and effects of using child soldiers. While there is no single solution, organizations like Invisible Children raise awareness and funds to help prevent the ongoing cycle of harm.
3. Thesis Invisible Children is an organization that creates safe places, such as schools, for children in Uganda who have been abducted and turned into child soldiers.
16. The height of conflict The government forced most of the northern Uganda’s population into displacement camps. Uganda military committed sexual abuse and other crimes against northerns. Many children feared abduction. The “night commuters” slept in school, hospitals, or public areas.
17. IDP Camps - Forced into the camps by the government. - Offer little protection http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=23&ReportId=65778
18. IDP camps cont. The camps were created to protect civilians from rebel attacks. The Acholi people have been forced into the crowded camp together http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=23&ReportId=65778
19. In 2005 an estimated 30,000 Ugandan children are “night commuters.”
20. Who is a child soldier “ Any child-girl or boy-under the age of 18, who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group, including but not limited to combatants, cooks, porters, messengers, and anyone accompanying such groups other than as family members. This includes girls and boys recruited for sexual purposes and/ or forced marriage.” (UNICEF)
21. Why use children? Vulnerable Emotionally and physically immature Hoping for food and security Impressionable Too young to resist of understand http://www.hrw.org/campains/crp/fact_sheet
22. Recruitment of child soldiers Peer pressure the children Children are neglected and ignored Promises http://internationalaffairs.suite101com/article.cfm/recruiting_child_soldiers
23. What do child soldiers do Increase the number of fighters. More easily manipulated and controlled. Can hide in tight quarters. Do not suspect children to be soldiers.
24. What do child soldiers do cont. Often fight on the front lines of conflict. Also work indirectly.
26. Abductions Typically abduct children. Some children couldn’t manage the long walks. Forced to watch helplessly. http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=23&ReportId=65778
28. Abducted girls cont. Were more likely to experience abduction for a short period of time. Performed combat and support roles within the LRA. Only half went through the Uganda army before returning to the communities. The survey of War Affected Youth
36. Survivors cont. Boys who return from the LRA are often seasoned fighters. Malnourished, and abused. Physically and psychologically weakened state. http://www.hrw.org/en/node/12346/section/5
37. The children According to Michael Gerson of the Washington Post (2009) and the Global Security: Children are forced To be foot soldiers and sex slaves. To take part in murdering their communities. To participate in cannibalism. http://www.cfr.org/region/201/uganda.html
38. Peace talks Bring an end to hostility and violence. The recent agreement between the government of Uganda and the LRA to cease hostilities is an encouraging first step. The peace talks must lead to the ending of hostilities. Ircuk.org
39. Government Actions According to David Blair from the Telegraph(2008) Uganda and Joseph Kony have had peace negotiations. Uganda forced Kony out.
40. Human rights abuse Custody of displaces people in camps. Violence against women. Violence of basic human rights.
41. Human Rights Violations Abduction Mutilation Child soldiers Sexual enslavement of women and children. Murder
42. How did he abuse his power He abducted children as young as 7. He cut off the kids noses and lips. He had the LRA help him do all of this.
46. Innocent Night commuter Now 18 and full of confidence. Wants to become a politician. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMission/Bracelet_Campaign
47. Innocent cont. Once a night commuter. Now a smart young man. Shows the hope that is beginning to return to Northern Uganda. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMission/Bracelet_Campaign
48. Sunday Displace 15 year old boy. Now 16 and still living in Atanga IDP. Lost both his parents. Dreams of becoming a doctor. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMission/Bracelet_Campaign
49. Emmy Witnessed his mothers death. Lives with his grandparents and five siblings. Aspects of crime and devastation never seem to far behind of him. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMission/Bracelet_Campaign
50. Emmy cont. Invisible Children has improved his life. Been through the most tragic effects of the war. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/theMission/Bracelet_Campaign
51. Statistics 77% have seen someone being killed. 39% have killed someone themselves. 52% were seriously beaten. 39% had to abduct other children. 63% have looted or burned civilian property. 97% showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Global Perspectives summer 2004 edition #3
52. Statistics cont. Estimated more then 90% of the LRA troops were abducted as children. 1.8 million people displaced from their homes. LRA murdered over 600 and abducted more than 160 children just as a retaliatory attack against the people of the DR Congo. Global Perspectives summer 2004 edition #3
53. To this day 70% of IDP camp residents are children. 175,000 of the children in the camp are orphans. 1,200 Ugandan children are still being held by the LRA. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/history/
54. To this day cont. Many have returned to or near their homes. Some people have been displaced for more than a decade. Since the movie was produced night commuting has stopped. http://www.invisiblechildren.com/about/history/
57. Class activity Take a bag that is passed out. Construct your own bracelet Have volunteers say why they constructed the bracelet the way they did.
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Editor's Notes
My thesis is talking about how there are places for these children to go that keep them from fearing abduction, but once they are abducted there is so much to fear. There is so much behind there smiling faces that they put on everyday that not everyone knows about. So I went in search behind what the general idea of what everyone already knows about Invisible Children.
-In the video clip that you just watched they showed only a couple child soldiers. As you could see they are pretty young to be out on their own carrying a weapon. They are in the middle of the jungle, and most of them have no idea what they are doing out there.
I choose to do my project on Invisible Children because not many people in our school know that much about this topic. I started out only knowing that this topic was about children being abducted and turned into soldiers at a very young age. After spending time and researching, and reading stories about children that were abducted really touched me. I never knew how good I really have it compared to these kids.
If you don’t already know about Invisible Children you should really pay attention to this presentation because you will understand what children in a whole different country are going through. If you already do know about this topic then I hope that I can add on to what you already know. I think everyone should realize that their lives are not as bad as they seem at times.
Three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story started out as a filmmaking adventure but turned into something else once they uncovered the terrifying tragedy in Uganda.The tragedy revolves around Africa’s longest running war this was is not adults fighting in it, it is children fighting the battle.The rebel armies known as the LRA abduct children using them as troops.
When the filmmakers returned to the states they created a documentary called “Invisible Children: Rough Cut”. The film showed the realities of Northern Uganda’ night commuters and child soldiers.The film was originally shown to friends and family now the movie has been seen by millions of people.
Lord’s Resistance Army.Led by Joseph Kony. Located in Northern Uganda and Sudan.-LRA wanted to overthrow the Ugandan government.-LRA estimated to have 2,000 members that operate in Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan.The government of Sudan supports the LRA.
Known as being brutal and cultish. Enormous impact. Ended up turning to violence to solve problems.
LRA rebel movement can be traced back to a women name Alice Lakwena Alice believed the holy spirit ordered her to overthrow the Ugandan government for being unfair to the Acholi.Lakwena and her followers were known as the Holy Spirit movement they gained power as resentment toward the government increased.When Lakwena was banished and no clear leader of the movement was left, Joseph Kony stepped forward he claimed to be her cousin. He took control and transformed Lakwena’s rebel army into the LRA.
The crimes that he was charged for were humanity and war crimes.Has yet to face justice for his actionsthey have not captured him yet for him to serve his time.Rarely seen hiding somewhere near the Congo-Sudan border.Thinks he can predict the future and control the minds of his fighters he tells his fighters what they want to hear. He says what ever it take for them to believe him.
Kony’s LRA didn’t receive the same support as the Holy Spirit movement.With decreasing approval for their cause and heightened government offensives, the rebels resorted to abducting children and training them into their ranks.
Had them work as child soldiers, porters, sex slaves, and human shields.-Abducted children forced to commit physical acts on civilians, fellow abductees, and/or family members.-The children feared going back to there communities after the criminal acts they committed.-The ones that tried to escape were killed.
For over two decades the LRA has terrorized communities throughout central Africa causing one of the longest, most violent conflicts on the continent. The crisis in Northern Uganda is essentially two conflicts the fighting of the LRA which was initially waging war against the Ugandan government and terrorizing the civilians in the north. The second conflict is the wrong of the Northern Ugandans against the existing government.The LRA rebel group lost popular support in the north instead terrorizing the people it claimed to represent and relying on abducted children to sustain itself.
Many as 1,00 people died each week in these camps.Displacement camps- A temporary facility for people that have been forced out of their homes. Failing to protect them from frequent LRA attacks.Left their villages every night to walk for hours to reach the relative safety major towns.- Nigh commuters- children that feared they were going to be abducted by the LRA, so they left their houses to find a safe zone.
IDP Camps- Internally Displaced Persons Camp If they stay in their home it seems as if they have joined forces with the LRA. made little difference to the number of abductions.
The camps have become just as much of a target for the attacks as the villages once were. The LRA has followed them in search of food and slaves.
They walk every night, leaving their homes to look for safe places to sleep. Returning back to their homes in the morning, but walking again when night time comes back around.Walk without the protection of adult family members all risk harassment, physical abuse, sexual exploitation and rape on the way to a safe place.No security in their own home or villages this is when the children escape the danger of being abducted by the LRA.
Young enough to have then trained the way Kony wants them to be.They hope that they will get more food and security then they ever did when living in the camps or their homes.The children are easily influenced to do things that they normally would not do.So young that they do not ask questions when they are told to do something.
They are peer pressured into protecting their families and villages from getting attacked. Children that lack attention or respect are lured in to join an army. The promises the army makes is that there will be new power and respect for them.
There is more of them.They are more likely to follow orders without questions. They are physically smaller then adults. They can slip through many security checks unexamined.
They serve as scouts, spies, trainers, decoys, guards, and landmine cleaners. As porters and domestic servants.
From 1986 to 2005 25,000 children have been abducted by the LRA.Large number of civilians. Victims are children and young adults.http://www.unicef.org.uk/bigearth/images/conflict1.jpg
From schools, boarding schools, homes, and villages, and forced them to walkcarrying the LRA’s loot, to LRA bases inside Southern Sudan.Some children couldn’t manage the long walk through the bush the children that couldn’t keep up were simply left behind while others were punished for lagging behind.Many children are forced to watch helplessly. Forced to watch beatings, killings, abductions, rape and murder of other people, who sometimes may end up being close relatives.
-1,000 of them conceived children.Young girls used as sex and labor slaves.Sold, traded, or given as gifts to arms dealers in Sudan.Forced to become wives.http://www.unicef.org.uk/bigearth/galleries/2/standard/9.jpg
Female abduction periods tended to be longer then males.The vast majority were not used as sexual slaves.Only a third went through the reception centers set up to cater to the needs of the formerly abducted.
- The boys were forced to join so that they had some where to be where they thought was a better place then the IDP camps. Forced to kill their own parents and siblings.
Half the LRA commanders had five or more forced wives.Lower level fighters had two wives.The LRA normally doesn’t let them go because they want to keep them making children so they have more soldiers.
-Half of the forced wives have birth to children from these relationships.-They had no other choice but to have children, which would end up fighting in the LRA as well.
-Very few forced wives have been released by the LRA.-The LRA normally doesn’t let them go because they want to keep them making children so they have more soldiers.
They have to watch there children and take care of them, which makes school not one of there priorities. They do not wish to see the husband/or man that fathers there children.
-All formerly forced wives and forced mothers live apart from their captor husbands.- They do not wish to see the husband/or man that fathers there children.
The children that escape or released that make it home will find that one or both parents are missing either because they are displaced, abducted, or even killed.Many children fear going home because of what they were forced to do by the LRA. Some girls come home with babies and they are sometimes rejected by their families.
Knowledgeable about the LRA activities. Often arrive with only the clothes on their back.
-Peace was in reach-Peace talks were stalledimprove the security thought the region. The talks must continue to address the root causes of the problem. Focus on reconstruction in Northern Uganda.
- Kony is now believed to be in Congo.
Made the people move into IDP camps because that was the only somewhat safe place for them to go. It has become common in Northern Uganda in recent years. Grown rapidly both inside and outside the camps.
The LRA would injure the children if they didn’t do what they were told. (mutilation) Children under the age of 18 were fighting battles and were learning how to use weapon. (child soldiers)The children and LRA soldiers would murder people. The children would murder anyone that they were told to murder and the LRA would murder people who wouldn’t cooperate, or listen. (murder)Kony and the LRA would abduct children and adults. (abduction)Would have women and children as forced wives. (sexual enslavement of women and children)
He would cut off the kids noses and lips if they cried or complained about anything. He wanted them to know who was in charge and that they had to be strong. The LRA would listen to what Kony told them to do and do these horrible things to the children if any of them cried. Cutting off the lips and noses was most common with women.
-This is only one of the punishments they would face for not doing what they were told to do.- This is also another punishment if they cry or complain.
This is another punishment that was given.It was more common for women to receive this punishment.They would receive this punishment if they cried or refused to be with the soldier that made them their wives.
Combines the power of market-driven development with the lifelong benefits of education.They are handmade from reed and recycled wire.Choose people in the camps.They are trained in bracelet making and supplied weekly with the necessary materials.Each bracelet means something.Each color is for a different person and the story about what they have gone through.
Walked three or four hours a day to reach a safe place to sleep. Saw friends, relatives, and peers abducted by the rebel army and forced to commit horrifying acts against their own family. Senior at Busoga college in Southern Uganda.Hopes to serve as a member of parliament, working his way up the political ladder to end the war.
He was filled with fear of the rebel army that they would come and capture him. He is now excelling in his studies and school.Children are starting to get out of the LRA and starting their lives over.
Doesn’t know if returning to his original home will be possible. Now lives with his aunt and uncle.
She passed away from and advanced case of Aids.Attends Laroo primary school, where he enjoys studying English and Social studies.An offender set Emmy’s house in Gulu on fire and lost all his belongings.
- Invisible children are his school fees so that he doesn’t have to worry about the payments.
IDP- internally displaced person The children do not have any family. There family members have either been killed or abducted. The children are still being held captive and the LRA is not letting them go.
The security has improved a lot. Everything they use to know how to do is gone.The children no longer have to walk miles just so they can sleep safe.
- I have learned that there is more behind the tragedy then the general idea of kids being abducted. Kids in Uganda go through so much more then any of us have experienced. The kids there have to take care of their families as well as protect themselves and their loved ones. They have to walk for hours just so they know they are safe sleeping. Doing this topic has made me realize how good I really do have it here. There are things that I have to worry about but I do not have to worry about anything extreme like those children.
- I choose to do an awareness video because I thought this would be the best way to capture someone’s attention. It took me a few weeks to put this video together. I interviewed several people about what they know about Invisible Children. There were many people that have no idea what this topic was, or they never heard of it. It was very difficult to find at least one person that knew more about this topic then young kids being abducted, even though that is the general idea. I would like this video to show people what is really going on in Uganda and what the children and families suffer from there.