Today in Africa there is an invisible war going on everyday, one man Joseph Kony terrorizing 4 countries. It is the longest running conflict on the continent and children from innocent families and homes are abducted and made into soldiers. It all started in the spring of 2003 three young film makers who traveled to Africa in search for a story. Their main reasons at first to go to Africa was to have a "film making" adventure but the more they got into the adventure the more they learned about this horrible tragedy that has been happening in Africa. As their trip went on they learned that children weren't just victims but they were well used weapons for Joseph Kony.
Joseph Kony, who is the main reason of all this happening in Uganda refers himself to a good Christian. If we was such a "good Christian" would he be abducting children from their families and turn them in soldiers making them do horrible things? Kony and his LRA have kidnapped an estimate of 20,000 children for the use of fighters or sex slaves. As a requirement the children are often forced into killing their own parents so they will have no home to return to. Kony and the Ugandan government occasionally issue public statements suggesting peace treatments would be welcome, it never succeeds though. It is said that when the children are in war and they go out into the villages they cut off fellow citizens mouths, or just complete kill them...for no reason at all.
How do they make a difference? The Invisible Children's approach is founded in the strength and intelligence of the Ugandan community. Throughout the years there has been many attempts and efforts to try and address the issue which many have failed. The Ugandan people are asking help from people beyond and into the future in which are people like us. We as people from the US can help these children get out of the war and get back into their families. How you may ask? We can help by donating money to the Invisible Children. Teenagers in this generation are already on their way into helping the Ugandans. By giving the donations you give technology, power, water, sanitation and more. Specific teens from both high school and college are chosen and given scholarships to go to Uganda and mentor these kids and to have them oversee healthy development for themselves.
