Comments on: The Numbers Game http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/ DISCOVER THE UNSEEN Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: invested citizen http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-2441 invested citizen Sat, 17 May 2008 04:11:05 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2441 thanks for your comment steven. i agree. Ugandans aren't numbers. we're people just like everybody else. IC needs to stop counting and start seeing what you're really doing. you are affecting some people positively but you're also on the path of no return. peoples lives are in your hands and you seem to forget that. stop thinking about yourselves and YOUR image and start thinking about the people you claim to be helping. it is only when you stop to trying to help yourself that you really begin helping others. it is just this sort of self-serving black hole that so many NGOs fall into. I was just like many of you....i thought IC was different. its not. its the same. first hand, i can tell you...invisible children is NOT what it claims to be. tell the truth about what youre doing. ...and the truth shall set you free. thanks for your comment steven. i agree. Ugandans aren’t numbers. we’re people just like everybody else. IC needs to stop counting and start seeing what you’re really doing. you are affecting some people positively but you’re also on the path of no return. peoples lives are in your hands and you seem to forget that. stop thinking about yourselves and YOUR image and start thinking about the people you claim to be helping. it is only when you stop to trying to help yourself that you really begin helping others. it is just this sort of self-serving black hole that so many NGOs fall into. I was just like many of you….i thought IC was different. its not. its the same. first hand, i can tell you…invisible children is NOT what it claims to be. tell the truth about what youre doing.
…and the truth shall set you free.

]]> By: Fitzgerald http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-2081 Fitzgerald Thu, 01 May 2008 23:51:31 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2081 Steven You are so right Ugandans are beautiful people, and so is Uganda. Actually I would say Uganda is one of the most spectacular countries, and when someone visits Uganda I think they cannot help but forever impacted. And thats a testament to the spirit of Uganda I believe are trying to articulate, which is undeniable, just as undeniable is the fact Africa's longest running is also taking place in this amazing place and about 1.8 million peoples live hoods hang in the balance. So I believe that if anything is taking away anyones dignity, its this war. I think its bankrupt that somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 kids have been abducted and mostly unaccounted for, with an additional 800-1500 still stuck in forced servitude. I think its inhumane that 1.8 million people live in squalid conditions dependent on handouts to survive, for the last 20 years. So take a camera to Northern Uganda to the IDP camps and post what you come back with, take a camera to Garamba forest were the child soldiers are being held and post the photos. I don't think its going to be all smiles and photo book material. I don't know about everyone at IC, but I believe its a motto of theres to always listen and always be willing to change and bring inspiration to individuals to strive for peace. IC isn't perfect but I think they are honest and forthcoming if they do make a mistake, and I think they will change the world. It always starts with hope and passion, so come on steven jump on the train and lets ride this sweet ass ride together. And I think black happens to be beautiful and elegant and the only thing evil is Kony. Peace (really, really) Fitzgerald Steven

You are so right Ugandans are beautiful people, and so is Uganda. Actually I would say Uganda is one of the most spectacular countries, and when someone visits Uganda I think they cannot help but forever impacted. And thats a testament to the spirit of Uganda I believe are trying to articulate, which is undeniable, just as undeniable is the fact Africa’s longest running is also taking place in this amazing place and about 1.8 million peoples live hoods hang in the balance.

So I believe that if anything is taking away anyones dignity, its this war. I think its bankrupt that somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 kids have been abducted and mostly unaccounted for, with an additional 800-1500 still stuck in forced servitude. I think its inhumane that 1.8 million people live in squalid conditions dependent on handouts to survive, for the last 20 years. So take a camera to Northern Uganda to the IDP camps and post what you come back with, take a camera to Garamba forest were the child soldiers are being held and post the photos. I don’t think its going to be all smiles and photo book material. I don’t know about everyone at IC, but I believe its a motto of theres to always listen and always be willing to change and bring inspiration to individuals to strive for peace.

IC isn’t perfect but I think they are honest and forthcoming if they do make a mistake, and I think they will change the world. It always starts with hope and passion, so come on steven jump on the train and lets ride this sweet ass ride together. And I think black happens to be beautiful and elegant and the only thing evil is Kony.

Peace (really, really)

Fitzgerald

]]> By: steven http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-2074 steven Thu, 01 May 2008 12:57:23 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2074 please... don't play the numbers game. we(ugandans) are human beings. and don't think that you can say you help 15,000 people, please don't. you have no capacity to even judge 1 of those people. yes you MAY be helping a few people, but to what capacity is beyond anything you can attempt. as a human your assesment of a situation is not nessarily it's highest and truest evaluation. playing the number game only reduces your soul power. ugandans are wonderfull people, uganda is a beautiful country... how come when i go on your website(not this blog) everything is black and evil looking? why are all the photographs and shots you have of children taking away their dignity? making people feel sorry for them? the average uganda is probably happier than the average american... yet you don't see us treating you in this way. don't feel like you have everything to give and we have nothing. in most cases americans who come to uganda leave feeling like the ugandans taught them more! you can not change the world with this mentality. i have seen you guys opperating from the begining here in uganda... some good things have happened because of your presence, BUT, you have ALOT to learn. give us our dignity back. stop painting us as victims to further your own image. learn(really, really) that we have as much charity to give you as you do us. allow God to be God, and give him the glory. please… don’t play the numbers game.

we(ugandans) are human beings. and don’t think that you can say you help 15,000 people, please don’t. you have no capacity to even judge 1 of those people. yes you MAY be helping a few people, but to what capacity is beyond anything you can attempt. as a human your assesment of a situation is not nessarily it’s highest and truest evaluation. playing the number game only reduces your soul power.

ugandans are wonderfull people, uganda is a beautiful country… how come when i go on your website(not this blog) everything is black and evil looking? why are all the photographs and shots you have of children taking away their dignity? making people feel sorry for them? the average uganda is probably happier than the average american… yet you don’t see us treating you in this way.
don’t feel like you have everything to give and we have nothing. in most cases americans who come to uganda leave feeling like the ugandans taught them more!

you can not change the world with this mentality. i have seen you guys opperating from the begining here in uganda… some good things have happened because of your presence, BUT, you have ALOT to learn.

give us our dignity back. stop painting us as victims to further your own image. learn(really, really) that we have as much charity to give you as you do us.
allow God to be God, and give him the glory.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-1930 Amanda Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:43:45 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1930 YES!!!!!!!!! This is completely amazing! We are changing the world and there is no turning back now! YES!!!!!!!!! This is completely amazing!

We are changing the world and there is no turning back now!

]]> By: Esteban http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-1879 Esteban Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:31:39 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1879 Fantastic :) This is so awesome. Fantastic :)

This is so awesome.

]]> By: Alex http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-1857 Alex Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:30:11 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1857 This is great, thanks for posting this Adam... it's great information to have for people who want some numbers! This is great, thanks for posting this Adam… it’s great information to have for people who want some numbers!

]]> By: Sam Neylan http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-1852 Sam Neylan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:10:08 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1852 awesome! one life at a time...it's all worth it! awesome! one life at a time…it’s all worth it!

]]> By: Jill http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/2008/04/16/the-numbers-game/#comment-1841 Jill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:35:13 +0000 http://www.invisiblechildren.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1841 Amazing. Truly. It's so inspiring to read things like this. Keep it up! Amazing. Truly. It’s so inspiring to read things like this. Keep it up!

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