by guest blogger LadayDiva21
LADYDIVA21 is my name...
WHO IS JOSEPH KONY??...
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND JOIN THE ACT IN MOTION...
http://t.co/uw61F931
Since 1987 he's been the leader of a gorilla rebel group called LORD RESISTANCE ARMY...((THE LRA)) once he started becoming short on soldiers he started kidknapping little children, making this fighters in his army and making little girls sex slaves... In his ((26 )) years of existance he has managed to abduct 30 thousands little children!! THE LRA has also managed to misplace 2.1 million people...I watched a video done by the invisible children organization and I encourage all of you watch the video and educate yourselves on this topic... It's an oppressing yet liberating experience how the "invisible children" organization used the power of their words to help these children in Uganda survive this man"Joseph Kony" and his evil actions with the LRA...
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK THIS OUT... If the story makes you angry, or moves you in any way...people join me in their quest to make JOSEPH KONY FAMOUS...((NOT)) to celebrate him or anything of that nature but to make people award of who he is and to get people involved in bringing him down..LETS help national forces bring him to justice!
Tagged below is the website to get involved... Kony2012.com.
Or
http://www.invisiblechildren.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Thanks for reading..;-)
Questions?...
**After viewing the video how did make you feel?...
**What did you get from it of anything?...
**Would this cause be something that you would like to part take in?...
Not in any way trying to diminish the plight of the invisible children, but do check into the charity before donating. Critics point out that the charity has not been willing to identify where donations go and is said to devote less than 40% of all donations to direct aid to the children.
ReplyDeleteI of coarse would be less than human, especially as a mother, if I felt anything less than horror at this situation. I also think the approach to rectifying the situation can be very effective! But... I do wonder why more people within the Country of Uganda are not going full force? Are they not equipped? Do they not have the knowledge or expertise to confront the situation directly from there?
ReplyDeleteWhile I could support the action of those involved in this crusade, I would not be able to get directly involved as it would overwhelm my emotional state. There are some things that would just be too much for me to handle and this would be one of them.
You might want to look into some of the more academic sources on Kony. The campaign is really reductive and sometimes misleading. Check out this article in Foreign Policy:
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Mike S
I agree, Mike S. I read that article and some other articles and other perspectives on the campaign in order to get more clarity on the campaign and current state of Uganda. I'm pretty familiar with the Invisible Children organization, as I was first introduced to them while in undergrad about 4 or so years ago and they also came to EMU last semester. I support the mission of the organization and have supported them through their DVD/bracelet initiative. The organization seems to have done a lot of good things for the people of Uganda. Hey Rebecca, there actually are groups within Uganda that have been actively helping. As Mike S states, the campaign is a little misleading, although I don't think that was the intention. There's only so much you can put in a campaign clip to grab people's attention, but I think it could have highlighted more facts in order to combat what critics are not "attacking". For instance, the clip should have presented some of the projects and initiatives the Invisible Children organization has already implemented. Basically, the clip should have more clearly stated the who, what, when, where, and why of the organization itself and the Kony conflict, in addition to presenting the condition of current Uganda. What I took away from this clip is that they want to bring Joseph Kony to justice for crimes against humanity and make an example of him to others around the world. While I support the general mission of the campaign and it sounds good in practice, there are so many good questions people have brought up about the campaign that I didn't initially think of, because the pathos of the video clip was so strong. I encourage people to take a step back and do their own research and look at what other perspectives are saying, especially that of Ugandan peoples.
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ReplyDeleteHaving reviewed the materials presented on the Invisible Children website, the materials the CEO claims respond to the charges made against the charity, I found lots of documents filed with the U.S. government, but none which specifically respond to the claim that little of the money is spent on programming and most of it for fundraising. The thesis of the claims made by organizations that review and rate charities is that Invisible Children does not provide the information that they request in order to rate the charity. Look, for example, at the Better Business Bureau. They state that they cannot rate Invisible Children because the organization does not provide the information needed. Ask yourself why is the CEO not willing to provide the information to the Better Business Bureau and other neutral rating parties. Simply putting a bunch of documents online does not mean the documents provide the information to allow any of us to make an intelligent judgment. As to doing independent research on what the Ugandan people say, do that, but don't rely only on those people who are placed on the Invisible Children website. Just because a charity comes to a college campus does not mean it is a great. The university just gives them space--they do not evaluate the claims.
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