Uganda

While in Gulu, Uganda one of the most incredible women I met was a stunning, charismatic soul by the name of Laker Irene, a member of the Invisible Children MEND team. She has the most amazing, infectious laugh I’ve ever heard. I found out that Laker Irene passed away on January 3rd. From co-workers, it has been said that she […]

Over the past few weeks my job at Invisible Children has been to photograph all the buildings at our 11 partner schools in the Gulu district and a couple districts surrounding Gulu. This has been a great project for a number of reasons: One, I have gotten a firm grasp of what the IC Schools for Schools team does and […]

After work today, I went on a long jog along the winding dirt paths that make up the outskirts of Gulu. Just outside our house, there is a road that winds past houses and huts, past women selling fruits and veggies, water pumps, through fields of maize, around Gulu High School, through a soccer field, past clucking chickens, goats and […]

Yesterday, the Ugandan advocates who are travelling to the US for the “face to face tour” boarded a bus from the Gulu office. The whole office was there, giving hugs, waving goodbye, and wishing the advocates a safe journey. Below is some info about the tour and some photos I took. I encourage all of you to see if the […]

Hello! Greetings from Gulu! I moved here about 2.5 weeks ago to intern as the Communications Assistant for Invisible Children. I love it so far. All staff at Invisible Children is amazing, they have made me feel so welcome. My housemates are great, the food is amazing, the work is rewarding, all in all, it’s wonderful. I live with 3 other international […]