In case you've been swept up in the current Joseph Kony craze, let he help you see a bigger picture. I was in Kampala Uganda (and some of it's surrounding villages) in the summer of 2004 with a team of young adults. That was the time when a campaign of awareness and activism against Joseph Kony was needed. In many respects the affected communities have moved on after Joseph Kony exited the country years ago. However, the problems of disease and parent-less families remains.
The catalyst for this tidal wave of support is a viral video put out by Invisible Children. Everything I've read about this NGO is that they're being opportunistic, using a noble idea that has little relevance today. Their motive...you'll have to be the judge of that.
If you would like to do something to help the children of Uganda I strongly recommend that you connect with a ministry called Hope Alive Africa. I've visited their ministry in person. I've met with and interviewed their leaders. They were on the ground working with families and children displaced by Joseph Kony in the days when he WAS ravaging northern Uganda. Today they remain committed to caring for and educating the children in Uganda who have little hope.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27
