JOSEPH KONY MUST BE STOPPED.

Good afternoon, fellow humans :) I feel the need to write a blog post about this pressing issue around the world today: Joseph Kony. Who is he, you ask? Welllllll..

He is a man who is in his early 50's. He is said to reside in Africa. He has spent the last 29 years abducting children and teenagers right out of their beds, turning them into child soldiers, and the little girls into sex slaves. He has forced them to kill their own parents, and mutilate people's faces (shoot them in the nose, ears, mouth, etc). He has essentially created an army of children who have been taken away from their families, and who will be killed if they attempt to escape his grasp. Now you ask, why is this suddenly trending worldwide in 2012? Many people didn't know about him. A group of guys went down there in the late 1980's and made a documentary about it around the 2000's. They have made 11 total. They managed to get the U.S. government to send some troops down to Uganda to try and find Kony but he is basically invisible. NO ONE CAN FIND HIM. And, his bodyguards are kids. Any attempt to capture him would result in the deaths of many kids who don't know any better. This just isn't right. Tell your friends, tell your school, tell your co-workers. We need to spread the word about him.

Also, I've heard rumors about the validity of the Invisible Children campaign, the one that made the documentaries. Supposedly they only want money, and use the profits from their t-shirts and posters to make more videos. Granted, we need the videos to spread the word, but they shouldn't be spending 8 million dollars on just videos! How about we use that money to FEED the children of Africa? That might be a good idea.

Although I am all for the cause of bringing down Joseph Kony, I'm a bit iffy on the charity, so I will just focus my efforts on Africa in general. I will be raising money to send to real charities such as Feed the Children. I probably will create an organization at my school for such purposes. If we all got together to make a change, how amazing would that be? We could show the elderly that our generation is not ignorant and selfish. We want to make a difference! I'll crochet bracelets to sell for $1 each, and packs of gum for $1.50 each. I'll think of more stuff later. I'm so focused on this, God will be pleased with our work :)

Sweet dreams!
xoxo, Erin