What has been going on in Northern Africa is devastating and horrible. It has not just "recently" happened; it has been going on for 29 years now. Since Joseph Kony came into power in Uganda, he has started his militia called the "rebels" and the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) with a main sole purpose, to overthrow Uganda's government. Invisible Children: Rough Cut is a documentary film that was made in 2006 by three friends who decided to basically backpack through Africa to find a story. Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole adventured to Northern Africa in the spring of 2003 and captured their footage on film, that has internationally become an overnight deeply moving phenomenon. The war situation in Northern Africa is out of control and there is no infrastructure to help stop the chaotic "rebels" from lashing out and continuing their unspeakable crimes. Invisible Children: Rough Cut shows first hand the situation of the children in Uganda. Jason, Bobby, and Laren documented how bad things are in Uganda currently and most shocking of all, their footage is uncensored, unedited, and unscripted; their video is all real footage with sad evidence of the children's turmoils. Africa has been known for it's poverty, wars, and unstable government, but this documentary takes the truth of what's really happening in Africa to a whole another level.
KONY 2012 is a 29 minute long video that was posted on YouTube by one of the three boys who made Invisible Children: Rough Cut, Jason Russell. After his experience in Africa, and what he had discovered, he felt compelled to truly help and put Joseph Kony out into the light for the rest of the world to see him and know who he is and he's been doing in Uganda for the past 29 years. All this was inspired by a boy named Jacob, who Jason met while being in Uganda. Jacob forever impacted Jason's life and left him speechless when Jacob told Jason a story about his older brother being killed by the rebels and he remembers his brother everyday. Since that night in Uganda with Jacob, Jason made it his mission to help Jacob and other kids just like him who are running for their lives from the rebels and Joseph Kony's militia. Joseph Kony has been abducting children from the ages of 5-14 years of age. Kony uses the young boys as soliders and the young girls as sex slaves. He completely brain washes them and has them do tremendous horrible things to make sure they follow him and obey him. Kony brain washes them completely to the point where they kill their own parents. Russell documented this film in hopes to help raise awareness for the young children of Uganda who are currently struggling to survive and stay out of the reach of the rebels. By making Kony famous and exposing him, Russell's plan is to cover America with posters, flyers, t-shirts, etc. and make the government see that the people care enough to make this issue noticed and heard.
All this truly affected and impacted me because ever since i came back from South Africa this past summer, i was truly touched by the children there and i couldn't ever imagine anything happening to them like what's happening to the children in Northern Africa. Even though Uganda is being runed basically by the rebels, it's spreading and if we don't help, it will eventually spread down to South Africa. Kony's mission is to overthrow Uganda's government and i fear that if that day ever comes, all of Africa will be in great danger. The children of Uganda are crying for our help and this video and youtube document both are evidence an proof of what's happening overseas. Joseph Kony needs to be arrested and needs to put to an halt with his crimes. He is the world's #1 Crime Lord in the world. His army the LRA is number one and needs to be stop. I know the United States has several issues of its own, but we as a united country, i believe that we need and should reach out and help those who don't have a voice, don't have a safe environment, don't have a childhood, and especially, those who are living in fear every second of every minute of every day.
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