Invisible Children

Reading for a Better Future

Alam Ghafoor | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK
Alam Ghafoor

Education is the cornerstone of an equal and sustainable community . By providing children access to a solid education, they not only become literate and numerate they acquire life skills that equip them as valuable contributing members of their community . An educated child becomes an empowered adult.

Kony 2012 Film Maker Who Went On Naked Rampage Tells All To Oprah

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK

A documentary maker who was filmed naked, screaming and pounding the pavement has appeared on Oprah's Next Chapter to explain what led to his very pub...

Virtual Protesters

Stephanie Allen | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK
Stephanie Allen

Will the street protests and campaigns of the past become online videos that people can 'like' from the comfort of their desk chair, with a cup of tea in one hand whilst the other acts like an eager activist, just waiting to click on another link to a campaigning cause?

Kony 2012...I Am Still In

Tom Kambouris | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK
Tom Kambouris

(To read Part One click here) I saw the TMZ video of Jason Russell. The images, although disturbing, didn't shake my stance on Kony 2012. I thought: ...

Social Media and the Sword of Justice

Todd Savvas | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Todd Savvas

So it starts to get slightly interesting when each and every psychic or psychically persuaded person I know reports the exact same daily occurrence, and that occurrence is that of otherworldly exhaustion.

New Footage Of Jason Russell On Naked Rampage

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK

New video of Kony 2012 documentary maker Jason Russell naked, screaming and pounding the pavement has emerged. Russell, who is co-founder of the c...

Why the Humiliation of Jason Russell is Such a Tragedy

Callum Macrae | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK
Callum Macrae

Behind the nonsense of the call to 'Make Kony Famous,' the central demand of Russell's Stop Kony campaign, was the call for the US to intervene militarily against Kony and the LRA. There are a many reasons why that was wrong. And I witnessed one of the most compelling.

Jason Russell, Kony 2012 Invisible Children Filmmaker Hospitalised After 'Masturbating In Public' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK

The filmmaker behind the viral Kony 2012 documentary has been placed in psychiatric care after he was found naked, screaming and pounding his fists on...

To 'Kony 2012' Haters: Step Away From the Teenager

Tom Kambouris | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK
Tom Kambouris

I am angry enough to spit rust. Here is why: Our 14-year-old son, BK, goes to boarding school. This past weekend was an exeat, which means all kids a...

Two Thoughts on Kony 2012

James Hetterley | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Politics
James Hetterley

The past two years have seen a revolution within the activist movement. And what has changed? The Arab Awakening, Occupy, and UK Uncut are three new m...

Kony 2012 Shows That We've Learned Nothing From Brass Eye

Bernard O'Leary | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK
Bernard O'Leary

With seeming ease, Chris Morris convinced a string of celebrities to speak out against fictional injustices, such as the dance drug that could make you vomit up your own pelvis, or the depressed elephant who stuck its head up its rectum in a suicide bid.

I Hated Kony Before He Was Cool

Jonty Langley | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics
Jonty Langley

"I hated Joseph Kony before he was cool." That's the thought I had to keep stifling on Wednesday, like some sort of humanitarian crisis hipster struggling with the fact his favourite band has 'gone mainstream'.

Kony 2012: The Latest Viral Social Media Craze or Something More Profound?

Niamh Sheerin | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Tech
Niamh Sheerin

If you are not aware of the recent online Kony 2012 campaign started by the non-profit Invisible Children by now, it is likely that you have been living on the moon for the past week; that or your internet connection has been acting up.

Kony 2012 and the Rise of Armchair Activism

Helen Crane | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Politics
Helen Crane

By all means re-post the Kony video, tell all your friends and tweet it to your heart's content. Just don't expect it to do anything.

How Facebook is Changing the World for the Better: The Kony 2012 Campaign

Michelle Beckett | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Tech
Michelle Beckett

I have felt we've lost that sense of people power in recent decades: Until now. Facebook has a global reach of 850 million people. This is an online community with the ability to raise awareness on a scale that is unprecedented.

Kony 2012: Invisible Children Documentary Sheds Light On Uganda Conflict (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK

A documentary detailing the ongoing conflict in Uganda and the plight of child soldiers has become a viral hit. Entitled Kony 2012, it is named a...