Through partnering with local Ugandan and Congolese leadership, Invisible Children has identified the following gaps in humanitarian assistance that currently exist in LRA-affected regions of Central Africa. These projects will directly contribute to the protection of communities, an end to the conflict, and the promotion of lasting peace.
1. PROTECTION OF COMMUNITIES
By extending the Early Warning Radio Network, launching Mobile Response Teams, and creating the LRA Crisis Tracker, Invisible Children is giving the most vulnerable communities the ability to receive warnings of LRA activity and alert local security forces to LRA violence. This network will also give humanitarians the information necessary to best deploy services.
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EARLY WARNING RADIO NETWORK
Expansion in Haut-Uele: $240,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Expansion in Bas-Uele: $215,800 // STATUS: $74,800 FUNDED // $141,000 UNFUNDED
Expansion in Haut-Mbomou: $175,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS
$134,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
LRA CRISIS TRACKER
Creation of LRA Crisis Tracker: $90,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Creation of mobile platforms, maintenance, and expansion: $150,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
Expansion in Haut-Uele: $240,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Expansion in Bas-Uele: $215,800 // STATUS: $74,800 FUNDED // $141,000 UNFUNDED
Expansion in Haut-Mbomou: $175,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
MOBILE RESPONSE TEAMS
$134,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
LRA CRISIS TRACKER
Creation of LRA Crisis Tracker: $90,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Creation of mobile platforms, maintenance, and expansion: $150,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
2. ENCOURAGING LRA DEFECTION
Through FM radio broadcasts and community-based defection fliers, Invisible Children will be sending "Come Home" messages directly to LRA members. These messages will inform the LRA how to safely defect and return home.
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FM RADIOS
FM Radio in Obo, CAR: $80,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Two new FM locations in DR Congo: $160,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
Additional FM locations in Central Africa: $80,000 each // STATUS: UNFUNDED
DEFECTION FLIERS
Print and facilitate distribution of 130,000 fliers: $60,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
FM Radio in Obo, CAR: $80,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Two new FM locations in DR Congo: $160,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
Additional FM locations in Central Africa: $80,000 each // STATUS: UNFUNDED
DEFECTION FLIERS
Print and facilitate distribution of 130,000 fliers: $60,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
3. PROVIDING REHABILITATION AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION
There are currently no intensive rehabilitation programs in the LRA-affected regions of DR Congo. Invisible Children is partnering with experienced LRA rehabilitators and local community leaders to establish and operate a rehabilitation center in Dungu, DRC that will prepare children to reintegrate into their communities and reunite with their families.
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Construction of rehab center - $541,000 // STATUS: FUNDED
Operations, management, and training of staff - $85,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
Operations, management, and training of staff - $85,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
4. POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY
Supporting the recovery of the war-affected communities is essential to achieving lasting peace. Invisible Children is improving the standard of education through the Schools for Schools program in post-conflict communities throughout northern Uganda.
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2011 SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTATION - $500,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED
5. PROMOTING THE ARREST OF JOSEPH KONY AND TOP LRA LEADERSHIP
Invisible Children remains the strongest force in gaining international attention and public will to support the arrest of Kony, as legally mandated by the International Criminal Court. Through US-based mobilization campaigns and new technologies such as the LRA Crisis Tracker, Invisible Children will continue to push the international community to execute the ICC warrants and arrest Joseph Kony.
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$375,000 // STATUS: UNFUNDED