Eliminating Ignorance
the problem:
After viewing "Invisible Children", I decided it was time to spread the word. Not many people realized that there was even a war going on in Africa. Because no one knows about the war, no one knows about the people, especially the children being affected by the war. So by showing monthly screenings of the different stories of the "Invisible Children" and doing different fund raisers and activities throughout the school, we are slowly but surely 'eliminating ignorance' in the everyday teenager.
vital stats:
people impacted:
1,000people involved:
5why it's important:
This cause of the "Invisible Children" is important to me because these kids deserve to be seen. When I learned that the children being kidnapped and killed in Uganda were going unrecorded I was appalled. I was unable to wrap my mind around the fact that no one even cared about these children missing. I tried to talk about this war and movement with my friends, but they were clueless. Not only did people in America not even know there was a war causing displacement, disease, and hunger, but these people's own government did not even care about them, allowing them to go unrecorded.
the plan of action:
My main plan of action is to spread the word of what is going on with the war in Uganda. I want to literally 'eliminate ignorance' not only throughout my school and community, but on a greater level as well. While doing activities to promote the learning of "Invisible Children", we take donations that we give to the organization of "Invisible Children" in their same efforts to eliminate ignorance. We just finished selling fair trade T-shirts, with a red X on the front and a stencil of Africa on the back. We wore these as a school community, the X symbolizing the invisible children, and the red and black stencil of Africa on the back, representing the war torn country. As we sold these, we gave our students facts and statistics about the war to get them thinking. Every month we will show a different child's story and plan a new fund raising activity. At the end of the school year, we will conduct 'Displace Me Day', when we will sleep on the campus of NDCL and attempt to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of Uganda. So far we have raised concern throughout the community, as more people are asking more questions. We have raised roughly $3,000, and plan to continue.
how you can get involved:
Others can help by donating, praying, or simply learning. Ask questions, look for answers, and when you find those answers, share them with others.
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