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

2. A Brief History of War in Northern Uganda: 1986-Present *In the late 1980‘s, Alice Lakwena gathered forces to overthrow the Ugandan Government *She claimed that spirits spoke to her and told her to do so government; she received much support from the Acholi people of Northern Uganda

3. A Alice Lawkena was exiled and Joseph Kony assumed leadership, claiming he was her cousin The Acholi people did not embrace Joseph Kony as they did Alice Lakwena; he and his L ord’s R esistance A rmy resorted to abducting children into his army; 90% of his army were child soldiers

4. The War..... 1996, in response to the LRA’s attacks on villages, the Ugandan Government relocated thousands of Ugandans to Internally Displaced Person’s camps In 2006, nearly one million people were still living in these camps

5. Why child soldiers? Why would the LRA abduct children?

6. Since 2006, many peace talks have failed, as Joseph Kony, despite international pressure, has repeatedly refused to sign peace agreements; Joseph Kony and his LRA Army have moved into the Democratic Republic of Congo where these abductions continue

7. Invisible Children.org Invisible Children.org began with three young men and a video camera They intended to create a documentary of the genocide in Sudan and stumbled across thousands of youth, who were hiding from Joseph Kony These youth were known as “night commuters” and the boys noticed that they were “invisible” to the rest of the world, as no one knew about them..... Invisible Children, the movement was born

8. My Visit to Uganda One branch of Invisible Children is “The Teacher Exchange Program” We went to Uganda in order to work with teachers of Northern Uganda to share teaching strategies, but we learned and saw much more than that.....

9. What you will see.. There are some mildly disturbing images in the upcoming video... a chicken being beheaded the boys throwing up 15 seconds of people killed by the L. R. A.

11. Playing basketball with local youth in Gulu Town

12. A young boy at an orphanage in Gulu Town

13. A young girl at the Gulu Orphanage

14. Our transport to school everyday!

15. On my way to work at Pabo Secondary School-

16. The classroom I taught in at Pabo S.S.

17. My husband and one of our favorite students

18. A few of our favorite girl students

19. The school cook making posho

20. Our team posing with Jacob in Kampala

21. Some students from Jacob’s school- in Kampala

22. The Library at our school

23. Geoffrey- a high school sophomore

24. A student in the chemistry lab

25. Women in Uganda

26. Some students at their home in the IDP Camp

27. The beauty of Uganda

29. Get Involved The movement has already begun. Be a part of Schools for Schools: Capuchino Chapter and let’s do something together.