Invisible Children

Just about every American has herd the name Taliban or Al Quida but what about the Lords Resistance Army? The Lord’s Resistance Army, better known as the LRA, is a terrorist group in the northern part of Uganda. Though they have not committed any serious crime against the United States they still need to be recognized and stopped.

The LRA is known for their use of abducting children at night then turning them into child soldiers, because of this, the country of Uganda has had to displace 100,000’s of people and many have lost their lives. The worse part is this has been going unnoticed for 23-years.

Leading the rebel group is a man by the name of Joseph Cony. He is arguable the most feared man in Uganda. He is responsible for thousands of deaths and over 25,000 child abductions. In the past few years the Invisible Children organization has worked hard to get other nations to recognize this problem and stop Joseph Kony.

Invisible Children was started by three young man who decided to take a trip to Uganda, what they didn’t know is that they would discover a 23-year old war. All three loved to make movies, so to them the best way to get this problem noticed is to make a film about what’s going on. After making one video they couldn’t stop they made more and influenced even more. Be for they knew it they had uncovered one of the longest running wars.

In just the past 5 year’s Invisible Children were able to stop the night commutes, get the attention of the United States government along with other influential countries, and also start peace talk between the Ugandan government and the LRA. During night commutes children would get up and walk miles and miles to the nearest hospital or bus park just to sleep in safety, only to get up the next morning and start to walk again. The worse part is they do it every night.

Unfortunalty Joseph Kony turned down the last two peace agreements and is still kid napping children. Invisible Children organization need all the help they can get. From donating a couple of dollars to going to Uganda and just talking to the kids. If you want to know how to get involved go to the Invisible Children web site and see what else you can do to help bring the invisible children home.