Africa’s Infamous War Lord Joseph Kony of Africa
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
TeamDixon…the TRUTH bringing the real deal yet again all the way from Africa…
It is never too late to jump on the band wagon of a winner. This winner started in Africa. KONY 2012 is a World Champion!!! If you have not seen the video on YouTube do so right now at the link http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc. “KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.” After that you will want to help their cause and you can do so here is how:
HOW TO HELP:
Visit: http://kony2012.com
Donate to Invisible Children: https://stayclassy.org/checkout/set-donation?eid=14711
For info on Invisible Children: http://invisiblechildren.com
When children are being abused in Africa or anywhere the world we need to join forces and bring the abusers to justice. Seeing the hurt in the eyes of those people in Africa has got to motivate you to action. Whether you pledge support with money or just sharing by the video to bring awareness is all that matters. Just get on board and help put this war lord out of service. Scott Stump had this to say, “The filmmaker behind the viral “KONY 2012” video believes there is a simple reason for the exploding popularity of the short film depicting the human rights abuses of a Ugandan warlord and his guerrilla army. “I think it’s because it’s a human story,” director Jason Russell told TODAY’s Ann Curry Friday. “We’re all human beings, and for some reason we forgot about our humanity because of politics and because all these things we’re talking about have paralyzed us.” “KONY 2012,” a 30-minute documentary film that aims to expose the abuses of Ugandan guerrilla Joseph Kony and his murderous Lord’s Resistance Army, has received more than 52 million views on YouTube and more than 14 million on Vimeo since it was posted Monday. The viral video has received support on Twitter from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna and Justin Bieber, who combined have more than 40 million followers. Russell crafted the film for Invisible Children, a San Diego-based activist group. Invisible Children’s goal is to have Kony tried in the International Criminal Court, where he is wanted for human rights abuses related to his cult-like army, which allegedly has used child soldiers. Kony is being pursued by government soldiers in four different Central African nations, and last year the United States sent Special Forces troops to train Ugandan soldiers in case of a military intervention against Kony…” More from Scott at the link http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46680620/ns/today-today_people/#.T1qflDFM58E
Fellow blogger Dirty Candy added this, “KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. Courtesy of kony2012.com this video featured here has caused a viral frenzy. It has already been viewed by over 60,000,000 people…” More from Dirty Candy at the link http://wp.me/p1Pwno-rX
So many times it is out of sight out of mind. With efforts like this we bring the light to the darkness. Don’t let a moment go by without taking some kind of action to stop the torture of these invisible children. We the people have the power…now let our voices be heard!!!
TeamDixon…the TRUTH will always be that light shining in the dark and we need your help to shine brighter…
