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Hear from Jessica, one of our Teacher Exchange participants.

Officially premiering this September. Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen. It's happening.

See who emerged as the winner of our Inter-district Volleyball Championship Tournament!

The first war crimes trial of a commander of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels has started in Gulu

Today we remember Nate Henn, our friend, brother, and co-worker in the passions of service and peace. Nate died one year ago today from fatal wounds resulting from a terrorist's bomb in Kampala, Uganda.

ICreative: We believe in the impossible here at Invisible Children... but Production Manager Noelle Jouglet doesn't just believe, she makes it happen. This week she talks about what it takes to make the Creatives' ideas come to life in The Dream Factory.

Lanyero is a member of one of our Functional Adult Literacy groups.

Tens of thousands of South Sudanese have watched the raising of the new country's flag at an independence ceremony in the capital, Juba.

Irene, one of our MEND seamstresses, is a woman with a vision.

Some of you may wonder, "How does IC celebrate holiday weekends?" Well, here's a little behind the scenes action of how the intern & roadies do it.

Officially premiering this September. Oh yes, ladies and gentlemen. It's happening.

It may be America’s Independence Day, but two French journalists are also celebrating their freedom this July 4th. After being held captive for 547 days by the Taliban, Hervé Ghesquierè and Stéphane Taponier began their journey home last Thursday. While we take a moment to remember the American soldiers fighting directly for our freedom, let [...]

This man is Zach Barrows, IC’s Movement Director. He’s in charge of coordinating the Invisible Children National Tours. So when our full-time volunteers (‘Roadies’) descend upon your local community it’s thanks to this guy. Yesterday, I sat down with him and he had one very important thing to say: The Ugandans are coming. Barrows, who had just [...]

Over 91,000 of you pledged to raise $25 and stay silent for 25 hours to bring awareness to LRA atrocities. This video is proof of what happened when we came together to break that silence.

We're working with local organizations in the Central African Republic to improve the capabilities of the region's communications systems.

The Senate Armed Services Committee just approved $35 million in funds to help stop the LRA.

We've broken ground on north-eastern Congo's first rehabilitation center for children who have experienced trauma at the hands of the LRA.

This morning, Wired featured Invisible Children's early warning radio towers with a four-page spread on their website.

We want to hear from you. We want to know-what you want to hear from us? Who do you want to learn more about within the walls of Invisible Children? What programs tickle your curiosity? We are unleashing a whole new project that will give you behind-the-scenes access to the people and projects behind this magical place [...]

The LRA has ambushed civilians again in the Central African Republic, killing two while three others flee for safety.

Don’t ever let someone tell you that you have no value. Resist the urge to be a negative number, always stay positive.  -LE Zero from Zealous Creative on Vimeo.

ICreative: We believe in the impossible here at Invisible Children... but Production Manager Noelle Jouglet doesn't just believe, she makes it happen. This week she talks about what it takes to make the Creatives' ideas come to life in The Dream Factory.

Last week we had a lot of fun trying to pick out the office’s top 5 websites. Well, there was such amazing selection of submissions that we decided to hold off some of the content for this week’s topic: blogs. So here we go. The office’s top 5 favorite blogs. For the artist: Wooster Collective. A [...]

Sunrise over the city of Chicago, every day of the month of June. Good Morning Chicago – Your daily sunrise for the month of June from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the [...]

Between Canada Day this past Friday and Independence Day tomorrow it’s needless to say that food has been #1 on our minds this weekend. During my own search for my gift to the roadie house potluck I’ve come across a few easy and delectable treats I want to share with you. Let’s try to be [...]

“Don’t worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test… Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap. But it was a revolutionary piece of crap.” -Guy Kawasaki

It’s that time again ladies and gentlemen. Top 5 Thursdays has returned and this time we’re tackling websites. People got very competitive with this one, and with good reason. We had some amazing submissions but alas, we could not post all of them. So based on popularity, creativity, and just plain fun, here are the coveted [...]

“All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable which makes you see something you weren’t noticing which makes you see something that isn’t even visible.” -Norman Maclean

This man is Zach Barrows, IC’s Movement Director. He’s in charge of coordinating the Invisible Children National Tours. So when our full-time volunteers (‘Roadies’) descend upon your local community it’s thanks to this guy. Yesterday, I sat down with him and he had one very important thing to say: The Ugandans are coming. Barrows, who had just [...]

Hear about a normal day in the life of one of our Teacher Exchange participants.

We're starting a new project at Gulu Senior Secondary!

Meet Atanga Secondary School's Bright Stars Club.

IC’s Schools for Schools program helps students begin to heal the emotional wounds left by the Northern Insurgency.

Our Engineers headed over to Sacred Heart and took some measurements on one of its structures in need of refurbishment.

Our Schools for Schools program just broke ground on a construction project at Gulu Senior Secondary. It’s our largest project to date!

We recently visited Anaka Secondary School to check on it’s new library and hear from some of the students.

Meet the team behind our Schools for Schools structures.

Our Schools for Schools team is making updates at Gulu High School.

Looking at the performance of our partner schools and planning for the future.

We're working with local organizations in the Central African Republic to improve the capabilities of the region's communications systems.

We've broken ground on north-eastern Congo's first rehabilitation center for children who have experienced trauma at the hands of the LRA.

A coalition of 39 human rights and humanitarian organizations speak with one voice: stop the LRA.

Recent abductees report via Invisible Children FM radio in the Central African Republic, that Kony and top LRA commanders have announced their intention to kill all LRA combatants before they themselves are captured.