Invisible Children: Want to know more?
Author: Joe TillmanInvisible Children: Want to know more?
Here is a condensed version:
According to the Invisible Children Website
"The war in northern Uganda has been called the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today. For the past 23 years, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GoU) have been waging a war that has left nearly two million innocent civilians caught in the middle. The GoU's attempt to protect its citizens from this rebel militia has largely failed, resulting in an entire generation of youth that has never known peace."
With dwindling approval for their cause and heightened government offensives, the rebels resorted to abducting children and indoctrinating them into their ranks. It is estimated that more than 90% of the LRA's troops were abducted as children.
- Invisible Children Website
How it started;
"In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when these boys from Southern California discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims."
"After returning to the States, they created the documentary "Invisible Children: Rough Cut," a film that exposes the tragic realities of northern Uganda.s night commuters and child soldiers."
"The film was originally shown to friends and family, but has now been seen by millions of people. The overwhelming response has been, "How can I help?"
- Invisible Children Website
You can contact them directly to donate. I wanted to do this, as I felt the need and urgency of helping these children was there. However with money tight for my family I did not know what I could afford to do. I looked for a way to get involved and found something that would not have cost me anything more than what I was already doing now. In my search I ran across a company, one of many, that donates a portion of every sale to this effort. Since it was something I was already doing anyways, the question I asked myself was how could I afford not to help in this way?
Ask yourself the same question I did. If you could help these children by simply drinking coffee wouldn't you? It became a no brainer for me. I already drink coffee everyday anyways. I also knew some many other people that did too. The only question I had, is if I supported this effort this way, where would all the money go? How exactly are they helping? I guess what they do now, that they have helped raise awareness for these children's plight
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What they do:
"Our approach to humanitarian work is founded in the strength and intelligence of the Ugandan community. We learned early on it was not only important but essential to heed the wisdom of people that had not only lived in the war, but were surviving it. People who would know better than anyone, what the greatest needs were and the best ways to meet those needs. What we came to find is that while there have been many efforts to address the issues that stem from living and fighting in such a long-lasting war, the people of Uganda are asking for a future beyond the conflict."
"Their pleas have become our development strategy."
"All of our programming is a partnership between those of us at Invisible Children and those in the Ugandan community. We focus on long-term goals that enable children to take responsibility for their future and the future of their country. Our programs are carefully researched and developed initiatives that address the need for quality education, mentorships, the redevelopment of schools, resettlement from the camps, and financial stability."
- Invisible Children Website
How can you help? http://diabetic.bfreesystem.com/
If you or anyone you know is a coffee drinker, and would like to help, you can visit this website to purchase your coffee needs and a percentage of that sale will be donated to "Invisible Children" I have already ordered mine and since it was something I am already doing it made perfect sense. The coffee reminds me of Starbucks/Duncan Doughnuts quality, yet a few things stuck out to me that separated it from those two leading suppliers. The fact they are active in this cause was the biggest influence to me. Also the fact it is 100% organic and still maintained a great taste was impressive too.
So my question to you today is simply this: "If you are drinking coffee everyday anyways, why not put some of that money you're spending towards a worthwhile effort like this?"
If you own a company and could replace your coffee at work with something in my opinion that taste better and know that a portion of each purchase went towards helping this incredible effort. Why would you not do something, your already doing, that will benefit children?
Again this is only my opinion, but seems to be a popular one at the very least.
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