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Invisible Children ad
Over 300,000 children are currently being exploited as child soldiers around the world. Invisiblechildren.com has made enormous efforts to stop this problem in the African nation of Uganda. This is an ad in support of Invisible Children.
Directed by Cam McHarg
www.cammcharg.com
(Length :30)
Over 300,000 children are currently being exploited as child soldiers around the world. Invisiblechildren.com has made enormous effort... more -
Invisible Children Ad
Over 300,000 children are currently being exploited as child soldiers around the world. Invisiblechildren.com has made enormous efforts to stop this problem in the African nation of Uganda. This is an ad in support of Invisible Children.
Directed by Cam McHarg
www.cammcharg.com
(Length :30)
Over 300,000 children are currently being exploited as child soldiers around the world. Invisiblechildren.com has made enormous effort... more -
Ugandan rebels taken 130 kids
A Ugandan rebel group has abducted 130 children in recent weeks, a senior military official said Tuesday.
"According to the information we have, the rebels took 100 children during a raid in the Central African Republic and another 30 from a Zandi community on the Sudan Congo border last month," Ugandan army spokesman Paddy Ankunda told the Associated Press.
He said unconfirmed reports suggested the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, seized smaller numbers of children as the rebels move between their bases in the Central African Republic and Congo.
The LRA and Uganda's government have engaged in peace talks for almost two years to end the conflict, which started two decades ago, and have negotiated a final peace deal.
But early last month, rebel leader Joseph Kony failed to attend a planned signing ceremony, casting doubt over his commitment to the peace process. A Ugandan rebel group has abducted 130 children in recent weeks, a senior military official said Tuesday. ... more -
Adopting is the new not-adopting
Do you have adoption fever? Or do prefer to sow your wild oats? With the world becoming increasingly overpopulated, one has to weigh the pros and cons of taking care of children who face a life of abuse, hunger and destitution versus slaving away for the gene pool master.
Author of the Liverpool study "The Madonna Effect," Professor Kevin Browne, asserts that there has been an increase in international adoption due to media attention surrounding Madonna’s fight for David. His main criticism is that the stars are overlooking needy orphans from their own countries, and they have started a dangerous trend.
"I don't see how anyone who understands how complicated it is to adopt a child could say that someone chose to do that as a fad. It's just too difficult. It's too traumatic," Madonna has responded.
As debate surrounds the pros and cons of this “fever,” AIDS Orphans Day is approaching. The May 7th campaign hopes to draw attention to the more than 15 million children, estimated to be 20-25 million by 2010, who have been orphaned by AIDS and face malnutrition and increased susceptibility to exploitation, forced labor, prostitution, and child soldiering. FXB International, the host of AIDS Orphans Day reports that fewer than 1 in 10 AIDS orphans receives any external support, many experiencing discrimination that bars them from healthcare and schooling in their native countries.
You can probably guess where I stand. How 'bout you? Do you have adoption fever? Or do prefer to sow your wild oats? With the world becoming increasingly overpopulated, one has to weigh... more -
Should Liberia get a war crimes court?
Some are happy with nation-touring Truth and Reconciliation commission, but activists and lawyers say it does nothing to stop impunity, build a new judicial system and prevent horrors of the past from repeating themselves. Some are happy with nation-touring Truth and Reconciliation commission, but activists and lawyers say it does nothing to stop impunity... more
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child soldiers - what helps them heal?
This is the story of a school in Northern Uganda that uses creative means to rehabilitate children who have been abducted and forced to kill against their will. Its a school called Hope North and is run by the charismatic Ugandan actor, Sam Okello, who recently starred in The Last King of Scotland, alongside Forest Whitaker. This is the story of a school in Northern Uganda that uses creative means to rehabilitate children who have been abducted and forced t... more
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Emmanuel Jal - child soldier turned hiphop sensation
18th Street Films presents War Child, a feature documentary film on Emmanuel Jal, former South Sudanese child soldier turned international hiphop sensation (ER, Blood Diamond, Live8).
War Child has been in production for over two years and has been shot all over South Sudan including the contested oil fields, the slums of Nairobi, the vast Kakuma Refugee Camp and in New Orleans, DC, and New York.
Please visit our website to learn more about the film and register for updates.
www.warchildmovie.com 18th Street Films presents War Child, a feature documentary film on Emmanuel Jal, former South Sudanese child soldier turned internati... more -
Displaced Role-Playing
Invisible Children, a non-profit dedicated to bringing awareness to Ugandan refugees, puts on an event where people simulate the life of a person who has been displaced. "Displace Me" was held in various cities across the country. Invisible Children, a non-profit dedicated to bringing awareness to Ugandan refugees, puts on an event where people simulate the life ... more
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Survival in Somalia
A Vanguard Special Report: In the summer of 2006, Current's Christof Putzel and Kaj Larsen ventured to Mogadishu, Somalia to explore how the city was adjusting to the new self-proclaimed government, the Islamic Court Union. A Vanguard Special Report: In the summer of 2006, Current's Christof Putzel and Kaj Larsen ventured to Mogadishu, Somalia to explore h... more
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Invisible Children
Three student filmmakers travel to Uganda to document the plight of young children displaced by the civil war.
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