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Kony 2012
If your facebook looks anything like mine, people are spreading the word about a man named Joseph Kony, leader of some rebel group in Africa. People are rushing to donate to a group called Invisible Children.
A five minute google search shows many reputable sources bashing IC, saying their means are beyond ridiculous. They are listed as a Non-profit organization, meaning their finances are public. People disagree over the numbers, but its estimated between 10-30% of donations actually leave this group. Furthermore, it seems IC supports the Ugandan miitary, and directly funds donations to them.
What does this mean? IC is all about "saving children from becoming child soldiers". Kony's militia is largely child soldiers. IC funds the army that kills Kony's militia.
tl;dr that awkward moment when you donate to a group, and what little of your money actually makes it to Africa goes to killing children
Note: I spent a mere 7-8 minutes on this so some facts may be invalid, but ive yet to see anyone dispute this.
A five minute google search shows many reputable sources bashing IC, saying their means are beyond ridiculous. They are listed as a Non-profit organization, meaning their finances are public. People disagree over the numbers, but its estimated between 10-30% of donations actually leave this group. Furthermore, it seems IC supports the Ugandan miitary, and directly funds donations to them.
What does this mean? IC is all about "saving children from becoming child soldiers". Kony's militia is largely child soldiers. IC funds the army that kills Kony's militia.
tl;dr that awkward moment when you donate to a group, and what little of your money actually makes it to Africa goes to killing children
Note: I spent a mere 7-8 minutes on this so some facts may be invalid, but ive yet to see anyone dispute this.
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Allegedly, Kony could have been captured, but when ~50% of the Uganda economy is based on aid dollars, they do wht they can to ensure the aid keeps coming.
Just watched their video on youtube and half of their volunteers are talking about change the world, 'this generation will make a difference'...
I digress; yes this is disgusting, but he's on the run. Maybe try to get it declared a "terrorist organization" so they get their assets frozen/fail to receive further donations?
KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice
Good article there. Fact is Kony isn't the only person that should be chased here when 'there is most likely another host of bad guys out there letting him get on with it.' Its just too easy a solution as it seems. The complications are far deeper, and I agree does have echoes of colonialism in it, that we are cultured and civilized therefore we must import our wise wisdom on a nation who is viewed as backwards and cannot stand up by itself (ie it didn’t introduce them to the many Northern Ugandans already doing fantastic work both in their local communities and in the diaspora.).
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The army they back is not like the army most people think of, they are exactly like the rebels but are government and aid funded.
http://www.socialistrevolution.org/5519/kony-2012-right-cause-wrong-answer/
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/
Yup. Btw Zeal, you can tell your friend the next time she watches a documentary on TV about how rebel soldiers and governments in Africa are shooting civilians, you can tell her that 'she funded that gun, look, look at that AK, its got your name on it.'
And whereas if you donate to WWF, you get regularly sent pictures of animals that you donated to, such as Snow Leopards and Pandas.
With InvisibleChildren, you get regularly sent empty bullet casings from when they shot people.
This reminds me of 9/11; the exact same things happening here are why I considered the possibility of 9/11 being an inside job. Give the people an enemy they feel strongly against(be it hatred, fear, revulsion) and theyll believe/support/do anything you wish.
I believe that is a shot from Predator LOL