UgandaSpeaks in response to Kony2012

By admin / 20 April 2012 / 2 comments

Invisible Children’s Kony2012 video brought infamy to Central Africa’s rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its leader, Joseph Kony.

But many have criticised the campaign for ignoring voices from people on the ground.

A group of Ugandan bloggers and filmmakers, working under the collective “Uganda Speaks”, have now released their own film online looking at the LRA and its impact from their perspective – a move that aims to bring local voices to the debate.

Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from northern Uganda.

Tags: Invisible Children, Joseph Kony, Kony2012, LRA, Uganda Government, UgandaSpeaks

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Laura

I’m just wondering since you have a number of concerns regarding KONY2012 campaign, what are your thoughts about the programs Invisible Children run in Northern Uganda, D.R.C and C.A.R?

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/programs.html

Out of curiosity, do you have additional insight to or have spoken to any of the students who have been accepted by their scholarship Legacy Scholarship program?

http://s4s.invisiblechildren.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh8m0lKsN78

Or any additional that they run in Northern Uganda (Mend) listed in the website provided above?

Please understand that these questions are not attacks or intended to offend you. I just want to get a local and comprehensive insight on the programs that Invisible Children runs on the ground.

On a sidenote, does UgandaSpeaks have any contact details- an official email address or Facebook page?

Thank you
Leanne

We hear you and we a re with you. We were in Northern Uganda last month and know what you say is true. I am working to help you get 100 million hits so that the world can hear your story. Thanks Maureen and co.

admin

Javie Ssozi is a freelance digital media consultant. Formally the Technical Officer at Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET). He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Makerere University. He is a blogger and trainer of citizen journalists in Uganda. He runs a personal blog – “The African Timer” where he writes about the link between Technology, Education and ‘Development’. The name of his personal blog (The African Timer) is derived from the belief/ saying that “Africans” don’t keep time and as such often Africa lags behind while other continents continue to lead.

Javie is a Winner of World Bank Institute’s Social Innovator Award – Class of 2010.

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