Invisible Children: How it all started.

In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started of as a filmmaking adventure, grew into something much bigger! These southern California boys discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims.
When they returned to the States, they put together a documentary called "Invisible Children: Rough Cut". It exposes the tragedy of Uganda's child soldiers.
Thousands of children flee their homes nightly in order to escape being abducted by the LRA(Lord's resistance Army). Children in Uganda are regularly abducted by these rebel soldiers to be trained as child soldiers. The children who run from their homes walk miles, often to cities like Gulu, to find shelter in hospitals or bus parks - virtually anywhere far away from rebel camps.
The film was originally shown to friends and family, but has now been seen by millions of people. The overwhelming response has been, "How can I help?" To answer this question, the non-profit Invisible Children, Inc. was created, giving compassionate individuals an effective way to respond to the situation. The goal is to create awareness regarding the plight of the people of Northern Uganda, caught in the midst of a civil war between the government and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group that makes extensive use of kidnapping children and making child soldiers.