INVISIBLE CHILDREN

MOVIE: how it all began. Can a story change the world? In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of such a story. What they found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them. A story where children are the weapons, and children are the victims. The Invisible Children: rough cut film exposes the effects of a 20 year-long war on the children of Northern Uganda. Children who live in fear of abduction by rebel soldiers, and are being forced to fight as part of a violent army. This wonderfully reckless documentary is fast paced, with an MTV beat, and is something truly unique. To see Africa through young eyes is humorous and heart breaking, quick and informative - all in the very same breath. See this film, you will be forever changed. (I have a copy if you want to borrow it)

MOVEMENT: how it involves you. After people viewed the movie the one question repeatedly asked was, what can we do? And so a non-profit was born from a film. The Movement is the awareness, mobilization, and fundraising effort taking place throughout America and other countries around the world by people who are inspired to act. The goal of "the Movement" is to empower the individual viewer to become a part of the story, and "be the change they wish to see in the world" through action.

GLOBAL NIGHT COMMUTE: April 29 @7:00 pm. We are spending the night in Trotters Park, downtown Orlando as a statement to our government and the world. Americans are closing their eyes to open the worlds to an unseen war. By lying down, we are joining the invisible children in northern Uganda, and demanding that our government put an end to the longest running war in Africa, and on of the worst crises in the world today. (Please contact me if you want more details on GNC)

MISSION: how we are creating change. The Mission is the ultimate goal of Invisible Children. It is the resources, skill, and funds that hit the ground in Uganda. These resources will provide health, safety and education for the children of Northern Uganda who are affected by this 20 year-long war. It is our belief that we need to live for more, because the invisible children need more to live.

For more information: www.invisiblechildren.com

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” ~Kahlil Gibran

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” ~James 1:27