Invisible Children Creates New Video To Address Questions & Concerns

By LMB Staff on

If you have a Facebook page or a Twitter account then I am sure that you are fully aware of the Kony 2012 campaign launched by the “Invisible Children” that has been sweeping the online community over the past few days. Although this campaign has been in effect for a few years now, it was only a few weeks ago that the majority of us learned about this organization.

Invisible Children sent out a viral campaign in an attempt to gain supporters and spread the word about Joseph Kony. Kony is said to be an indicted war criminal and one of the worlds most sought after villains. Kony’s crimes include the abduction of young children from villages in Uganda and surrounding areas. Once they have been abducted it is said that Kony uses the young boys as soldiers and forces the young girls that are captured to be sex slaves to the male soldiers.

While everyone seems to agree that the actions of Kony are horrible, many have raised questions about the intentions of Invisible Children. Many of the concerns surround the organizations lavish spending and finances, the sudden need to capture Kony even though his influence is nowhere near as strong as the video makes it out to be and what it is that the company wishes to accomplish especially since they are encouraging supporters to donate money to the cause.

To answer all of these questions, the organization has released another video with CEO Ben Kessey doing his best to answer questions and concerns.

Ben also offers the public a way to ask questions that were not addressed in the above video via the organizations Twitter account by using the hashtag #askICanything.

I still have a lot of questions and concerns regarding the situation but I have to give them some credit for at least making an attempt to address the public.

(Article by Jae.Renee)

How do you feel about IC and their Stop Kony Campaign?

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http://www.beninbrown.com benin

I feel like while they may mean well it’s not doing the ppl of the region the justice it’s intended to..If you notice…About 20 minutes into the Kony 2012 video there was text that appeared on the screen talking about how the LRA forces have changed tactics as a result of America’s involvement..right?

Well what that means is that the LRA is just re-grouping and taking their atrocities somewhere else and re-organizing into smaller more guerilla like units. In this instance they’ve gone south into the DRC…a region that has already seen so many atrocities.

And when you put pressure on this Central African region it just spills over into neighboring countries. Another thing I don’t like about the film is how it makes it seem like if Invisible Children doesn’t do anything, then all hope is lost.

That’s typical with outside aid efforts and it’s not true. For example, when South Sudan broke off from Sudan that single event probably did more to fight the LRA than any other event b/c it forced Kony out of his base in Sudan and allowed refugees to return to Northen Uganda.

Plus, the Ugandan president is a piece of work. Not to generalize but in short dude’s a dictator…And the worst kind, the kind that looks innocent and benevolent but behind closed doors wreaks havoc. If not for his heavy handedness against Kony’s ethnic group in Northen Uganda the LRA would probably have never gained the foothold that they did. And the Invisible Children makes it seem like Pres Musevini’s a saint-he’s used child soldiers before too.

I could go on, but will leave it at that.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Fred-Woodward/100003309384401 Fred Woodward

Benin B, I wish you continue on and enlighten us bout Africa!!