Child Soldiers

These Men Say Hollywood Needs To Change Its Perception Of Them

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mama Hope Video, Mama Hope, Stop the Pity, Mama Hope Africa, Child Soldiers, Nyla Rodgers, Joseph Kony, African Stereotypes, Video, Rosebell Kagumire, Stereotypes, Activism, Mama Hope Ad, Africa, Kony 2012, Mama Hope Stop the Pity, Slidepollajax, Uganda Speaks, Hollywood, Impact News

Sick and tired of being portrayed on the big screen as machine-gun wielding ruthless killers, a group of educated African men have come forward to cha...

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Kony 2012: 'Cover The Night' Advocates Local Service Projects On 4/20

Posted 04.20.2012

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The "Kony 2012" campaign is urging followers to shift their advocacy efforts from their social networks to real life. Invisible Children, the creat...

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The New Face of Africa

Stephen Shames | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Kony 2012, Uganda, Child Soldiers, Africa, Uganda l.e.a.d., African Orphans, Africa Poverty, Uganda Poverty, Africa Education, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Stephen Shames

L.E.A.D Uganda's children do not want your pity. They do not need charity. Africa's youth want your support as an active, equal partner, so they can transform their communities, their country, and their continent.

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DR Congo: Arrest Bosco Ntaganda for ICC Trial

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: War Crimes, Bosco Ntaganda, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Child Soldiers, International Criminal Court, Video, World News
Human Rights Watch

(Goma) –President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately order the arrest of Gen. Bosco Ntaganda and promptly tran...

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Threats in the Classroom: Teachers Protect Students in the Midst of Colombia's War

Eva Smets | Posted 04.11.2012

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Eva Smets

Disregarding official orders, members of the Colombian army turn schools into barracks where they sleep, steal food from cafeterias and invite children to take helicopter rides and to visit military camps.

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The Effective Way To Teach Kids About The Horrors Of Forced Conflict

Margy Burns Knight | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Kony 2012 Sequel, Red Hand Day, Kony 2012, Kony, Child Soldiers, Invisible Children, Uganda, HUnger Games, Joseph Kony, Africa Is Not a Country, Impact News
Margy Burns Knight

Over dinner recently, I learned of my niece's concern about her high school administrators removing the Kony 2012 posters that had been plastered all ...

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A Call To Protect All Children

Geeta Rao Gupta | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Children, Child Soldiers, Sex Trade, Kony 2012, Global Motherhood, Unicef, Children Refugees, Sweatshops, Home News
Geeta Rao Gupta

All of these children are in need of rescue -- all are children whose potential contributions to their society are being lost. All are a challenge to our consciences and to our capacity to do what we all instinctively want to do when we see a child in danger -- to save that child.

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Beyond the Kony Video

Anne Goddard | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Kony 2012, Ngos, Childfund International, Joseph Kony, International Development, Kony, Child Soldiers, Kony 2012 Video, Invisible Children, Uganda, Impact News
Anne Goddard

I believe that the success of the Kony video stems from its ability to simply and unambiguously articulate both the problem and an actionable solution. Kony is personified as the lone enemy that must be stopped in order to put an end to childhood conscriptions in Uganda.

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Africa to Kony 2012: Stop Treating Us Like Victims

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: L.A., Black Hawk Down, Markets, At, Liberals, Homeland, Pakistan, Somalia, Violence, Usc, Ethiopia, Reagan, Ozarks, U.S. Homeland, Jason Russell Invisible Children, Africa, Atrocities, Emma, Warlord, Crotty, Poverty, Madonna, Atrocity Tourism, SEAL Team 6, Terrorism, Malawi, Stuff White People Like, Nonprofits, Ic, Los Angeles, Crenshaw, U2, Stop Kony Creator Arrested, Oprah, Frontier Market, Forbes, Brangelina, Jason Russell, Bruno the Film, USC Film School, Charity, Bruno, Osama Bin Laden, Meet the Press, Obama, Joseph Kony, Bush, Icc, Compton, Warlords, Kony 2012, Stop Kony, Atrocity Tourists, South Sudan, Uganda, Sacha Baron Cohen, Child Soldiers, Oj, George Clooney, Hollywood, Bin Laden, Global Markets, Meth, Iraq War, Cotton Subsidies, Sudan, Invisible Children, Capital, Rwanda, World News
James Marshall Crotty

Africans want capital investment, access to global markets, and to be treated as self-sufficient players, not victims in need of continual rescue by their former colonizers. That is the respectful, tough-love attitude that will raise all boats on the African continent.

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Senators Introduce Kony Measure

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Kony Resolution, Lord's Resistance Army, Video, Senate, Kony, Child Soldiers, kony2012, Kony 2012, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 34 senators introduced a resolution Wednesday condemning Joseph Kony and his ruthless guerrilla group for a 2...

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The Real (Spiritual) Message Of Kony 2012

Rabbi Berel Lerman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Kony 2012, Uganda, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Seven Laws of Noah, Judaism, Child Soldiers, Africa, Religion News
Rabbi Berel Lerman

The message that I took away from "Kony 2012'' is how easy it is to stir people's desire to do good and make this world a better place. Not just inspiring positive change in a few people, but on a grand 80 million-person scale.

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Why 'Kony 2012' Doesn't Do Enough To Create Effective Social Change

Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Kony 2012, Kony, Great Debate, Northern Uganda, Activism, Child Soldiers, Kony Viral Video, Uganda, Invisible Children, Knoy, Joseph Kony, Social Activism, Change My Mind, Impact News
Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland

The Kony 2012 campaign does not do enough to deliver effective social change. How could it? The film depends on a simplistic story line, which ...

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Nicholas Kristof: Kony Should Be Vilified, Not Invisible Children

The New York Times | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Lord's Resistance Army, Viral Videos, Child Soldiers, New York Times, Kony 2012, Nicholas Kristof, Invisible Children, Uganda, Joseph Kony, Congo, Impact News

I’d like to thank the makers of the “Kony 2012” video for goading me to write about Joseph Kony. With about 100 million views, it is now one of ...

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Real Life Lessons From Real Life DoGooders: If You See Injustice, Don't Ignore It

Marc Ozburn | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: India, Marc Ozburn, Real-Life-Dogooders, Child Soldiers, Koney 2012, Sex Trafficking, Joseph Kony, Real-Life-Lessons, Linda Smith, Thedogooder, War Crimes, DoGooder Spotlight, Invisible Children, Uganda, Jason Russell, Shared-Hope-International, Impact News
Marc Ozburn

If you see a problem in the world or even in your personal life, it is important to address it head on. Too often, people choose to look the other way to live in denial about a problem with the hope it will magically disappear.

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North Kivu's False Peace

Michael Deibert | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: North Kivu, Human Rights, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Child Soldiers, Impact News
Michael Deibert

At first glance today, things in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu province seem far calmer than in years past. As recently as 20...

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Westerners Are Not And Will Never Be The 'Saviors' Of Africa

Ben Affleck | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Kony 2012 Video, Lra, Kony 2012, Congress, Joseph Kony, Uganda, Ben Affleck, Bblog-Globalmotherhood, Child Soldiers, Impact News
Ben Affleck

I believe there is no mission more urgent than to help children who are suffering and I applaud Invisible Children for raising the awareness of Kony. I urge them to embrace the opportunity before them and point advocates to where war and abducting children is still happening: Congo.

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The Lost Boys Of Sudan And Faith At The End Of The World

Wendi Dwyer | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Southern Sudan, Sudan, Christianity, God, Faith, Child Soldiers, Africa, Lost Boys, Religion News
Wendi Dwyer

The "End of the World" is not a date, it is a place. I know because a U.N. flight dropped me off there about a month ago. It is in Northern Bahr El Ghazal in South Sudan.

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Congolese Warlord Convicted Of Using Child Soldiers

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.14.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Thomas Lubanga and Joseph Kony are accused of leading jungle militias that turned African children into killers. While ...

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CHILD SOLDIERS TRIAL

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.13.2012

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Thomas Lubanga and Joseph Kony are accused of leading jungle militias that turned African children into killers, but wh...

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Kony 2012: Fake Advocacy?

The State Press | Posted 05.13.2012

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The State Press

As Americans, we feel some responsibility in solving this problem that doesn't occur within our borders. Are we feeling remorseful for the economic inequity that we solidified for Africa?

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WATCH: Is This Young Ugandan A Voice Of Reason In The Kony 2012 Debate?

Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Invisible Children Kony, Video, Kony, Child Soldiers, Kony 2012 Video, Kony 2012, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Uganda, Uganda Kony, Joseph Kony 2012, Black Voices News

With the release of a new Web film by the activist filmmakers behind last week's "Kony 2012" video -- a 30-minute documentary about the murderous Afri...

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UNICEF: Stop Bickering. Remember Kids Are At Heart Of Kony Campaign

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: UNICEF USA, Video, Caryl Stern, Charity, Child Soldiers, Donating to Charity, Kony 2012, Sex Trafficking, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Slidepollajax, Impact News

While the viral Invisible Children campaign has informed millions of the horrors child soldiers in Uganda face, another nonprofit wants to highlight j...

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Why Should We Be Hunting Kony 2012?

Corrin Varady | Posted 05.09.2012

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Corrin Varady

The international community needs more opportunities to argue and debate about our involvement in the world and especially Africa. We need to stop for a moment and question if we are doing enough and if so, is what we are doing actually RIGHT?

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Social-Media Campaign Aims To Take Down World's No. 1 War Criminal (TAKE ACTION)

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Lord's Resistance Army, Video, Activism, Child Soldiers, Africa, Lra, Kony 2012, Uganda, Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Slidepollajax, Jason Russell, International Criminal Court, Stop Kony, Impact News

Joseph Kony is not exactly a household name in the United States. Of course, few rebel leaders in sub-Saharan Africa are -- even ones like Kony, whom ...

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Somalia: Warring Parties Put Children At Grave Risk

Human Rights Watch | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Al-Shabab, Al Shabab Somalia, Video, Child Soldiers, Africa, Somalia, Al-Shabaab Human Rights, Al Shabab, Global Motherhood, Al Shabaab, World News
Human Rights Watch

Since Somalia's conflict intensified in 2010 and 2011, al-Shabaab has increasingly forced children, some as young as 10, to join its dwindling ranks.

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