Invisible Children Challenge: Invisible Children Challenge - Fall 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011

Invisible Children Challenge - Fall 2011 - info coming soon!!!

Hey everyone!

The Invisible Children Challenge is back!!! This time it'll be in the Fall.

For those of you who don't know what it is: The Challenge is a competition between different teams to see who can raise awareness and funds for Invisible Children, an organization that tries to end the longest running war in East Africa and raise awareness about the struggles of child soldiers in Uganda.

Anyone can form a team!!! Teams can earn points by showing one of the Invisible Children documentaries, raising funds, collecting books for the book drive.

This year, the Challenge will end with an African Cultural Night where you'll get a chance to participate in a variety of activities, learn more about Invisible Children and Uganda, and find out how you can stay involved with Invisible Children.

The Challenge will start on Oct. 15 and end on Dec. 2, 2011.

Questions? Email invisiblechildrenchallenge@gmail.com.

Check back soon for more information!!!

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About the Invisible Children Challenge - UConn Fall 2011!!!

There is an invisible war in east Africa where one man, Joseph Kony, uses children as soldiers. The Invisible Children Movement tries to raise awareness about this war by creating documentaries about night commuters, child soldiers and other innocent people whose lives have been affected by the longest running war in Africa.

Since 2003 when three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story and returned committed to making a difference in the lives of the children they had met, Invisible Children has grown into an international movement that educates, rebuilds schools in Uganda, creates job opportunities for Ugandans, lobbies Congress and shows high school and college students what it means to be an activist.

The Invisible Children Challenge at UConn encourages students to form teams, which will compete to see who can raise the most awareness and funds for Invisible Children. This is an annual event that was first started in Spring 2011. The first Challenge was a great success ($543.32 were raised, 509 books collected and 5 screenings were hosted on campus), but this Fall we're taking it to the next level and hope that even more students will participate. Anyone can form a team! Teams will get points for their awareness and fundraising campaigns as well as for involvement in other Invisible Children initiatives. On Saturday, December 3, 2011, all participants will get together to celebrate with friends at a Ugandan Cultural Night, learn more about Invisible Children and find out who the winning teams of the 2nd Annual Challenge are.