Invisible Children

"Blood was spilled on Tuesday, the third day of mass demonstrations in Bangkok, but not in the way that many had feared."

A man is making an infographic for every episode of This American Life that has ever been recorded--starting in 1995.

"In the South, hospitality is as sweet as the tea....Every place we've stayed has been so incredible that I'm pretty sure Norman is now younger than the rest of us."

Two serious contenders for Uganda's 2011 presidential election have called for separate inquiries into sitting president Museveni's past use of military force. Check out the article from today's Daily Monitor.

Cungi Tam is one of 20 groups in our Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) initiative. Check out how the group works and how group members spend their money.

This article poses the age-old question: "How does a 17 year old balance being a king and wanting to live an ordinary life?"

Our weekly summary of peace and conflict events taking place in Northern Uganda and surrounding LRA-affected regions.

"When I asked Benna, our Ugandan mentor, what she thought about the cowboys, she said, 'My eyes are suffering, and my brain is confused. I just don’t know.'"

We've collaborated with ATN Management, Big Picture Media, MTV, PopWreckoning, and more for a few showcases at SXSW. Please come visit us & volunteer if you have time.

After a few months of collecting books and a few more of waiting, the results of the Book Drive are finally in, and these three schools each get to send one lucky representative to Northern Uganda this summer.

"We have been loving tour. Taking the back roads and finding old bridges to admire and then the EPICNESS that is our capital city, this tour--this tour is beautiful."

I know what you are thinking: "that interface deserves it."

Now you can watch Laren, Jason, and Ben hand over the citizens' arrest warrant to the State Department.

"What this proves to us is the tangibility of idealism. Young people are sensitive to the moral fabric of civic engagement, and willing to sacrifice comfort in a way forgotten by the establishment."

We're proud to announce that LYKKE LI will be joining us on our trip to Uganda with Yeasayer and The Polyphonic Spree

You may be seeing an ad for Invisible children on Hulu. That's because we got free ad space. Thank you Hulu!

"If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise"

"...the importance, the value, of art consists in widening man's outlook, in increasing the spiritual wealth that is humanity's capital."

Pope Paul VI Anaka's first library is nearing completion! Here's an update on its progress.

Not every trip a mentor makes to a student's home is inspired by good news. Sometimes mentors have to help families take corrective action to help students succeed. Jessica, our Comm. Assistant, went out with a few mentors the other day to make some difficult home visits.