Invisible Chlidren

In the spring of 2003, three guys from California, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole, went to Africa in search of a story. They ended up in Uganda, and the story they found both disgusted and inspired them. A story where children are the weapons, and children are the victims. Children are being abducted before they even learn to read or write, and are forced to fight for a rebel army, killing others. Fear is an understatement. Thousands of children, called night commuters, commute to towns every night, with no adults, to sleep under hospitals, any place they can find safety in, and the conditions are horrible. The film these guys made exposes the 17 year long war that has been going on in Northern Uganda, and the invisible children it has created. They called it Invisible Children because most people, in countries like our own, ignore them, don't know they exist, or just don't care. All the people in Uganda want is peace in their country, and to stop living in fear. I made this group in hopes that I can get more people to CARE about what's going on in Uganda. If you merely watch the trailor for this film, I think you will be moved to HELP, at least I was. So I hope you guys will go to the website and order the video, or buy the bracelet, if you haven't already, and do all that you can to help, “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.��? (Jason Russell)

Please don't forget about them.

Most of them are truly invisible to the rest of the world, and even to the rebels in their own country who deny their very existence, but we can change that.

and please don't say, "so? it's in Africa. that's like a whole other world." because it isn't.

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The top part was copied from a group on facebook...

After seeing this documentary which is both humorous and saddening, I can only be moved to let others watch it and to go to their site.. invisblechildren.com to find out ways to help their cause. The chlidren in the documentary seem adult like because they have already been through so much even though they are only around eight years old. It's one of those things you don't here about in the news everday. It's one of those things that almost makes you ashamed to be living the way you do. The way I'm going to get over my shame is to let more people now about it.

The documentary does oversimplfy the situation to a certain extent, but it is made for more youthful audiences. But then again, by leaving important questions unanswered it makes you look to find out more.