Before you order your action kit and bracelet and go out all night vandalizing your city with what looks like campaign posters for the Presidential election this year that no one seems to be putting much thought into- I highly recommend that you research this whole Kony thing. Invisible Children is not telling you the truth. Here are just a few important facts they left out of the video:
- Kony and the LRA did their worst over 10 years ago
- Kony has not been active in Uganda in 6 years
- There are rumors in Uganda that Kony is dead because he's not a threat or an issue anymore
- People who are actually from Uganda think this is stupid and pointless
- Africans are getting offended by this video, because they are not powerless and voiceless, and they do not need or want the help of the "mighty Americans" to take care of their children
- Most of the money Invisible Children makes goes toward salaries, overhead, and advertising. Only 37% goes to Africa
- The people who work for Invisible Children make a lot of money by working for Invisible Children. The money you thought was saving children in Africa is paying the salary of a scammer living in America and making emotional videos about issues that haven't even been issues for 6 years so people will give them more money
If you want more information on the truth behind Kony 2012 and Invisible Children, check out the following links. I encourage you all to do some research on your own if you believe in this cause and this organization instead of just taking their word (or even mine) as fact.
Kony 2012 Video is Misleading [There's language that some of you may find offensive in this one, but it's just in the first 15 seconds.]
Interview with Kony [I don't know how much truth is in this last video, and for all I know this might not even be Kony, but I thought it was interesting either way]
invisible children visited my church on several occasions and i have participated in many events for them so this is extremely disturbing to hear :(
ReplyDelete