Seeing The Faces Beyond Kony
Brighton, age 9 (March 2012) supported by House of Loveness, Zimbabwe I've had to spend some time collecting my thoughts about the recent Invisible Children campaign. The minute the campaign went viral and I saw the urgent appeal on Facebook from my friends and their children, I was perplexed. The outpouring of urgency from the campaign didn't make sense because I knew Kony (the head of the LRA) that the campaign was focused on capturing (with your donations) was no longer in Uganda AND no longer a threat. His damage was done years ago. The children that survived his atrocities do deserve our help. The focus should be on empowering the children's future, not on making Kony a household name. I have never met the filmmakers of Invisible Children but I do know they spoke at my own children's school 2 years ago. They pulled in on their bus, showed their film and got the children engaged in conversations about Africa and how to help. I know their intention...