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Friday, November 2, 2007

Upsetting, Isn't It? There Is Hope--Or At Least News.


To learn more about Invisible Children, click here.

In the meantime, here are a few links:
- Emmanuel Jai, a Sudanese former child soldier who turned to music as a way out, just finished up a brief tour in the U.S., with one more date in the U.K. before the end of the year.
- Radio Netherlands just did a brief segment on Ishmael Beah, a Sierra Leonese former child soldier turned writer.
- UNICEF has an article on the "Go to School" Initiative, whereby child soldiers in rural Southern Sudan are encouraged to trade small arms for schoolbooks and attend the newly constructed schools in places like the Deng Nhial area, which was torn by civil war.
- UNICEF also has an article on what readjustment to normal life is like for the average child solider and details the many problems that they encounter.
- And despite the many reasons that one may wholly dislike Fall Out Boy**, All Africa has a report on their decision to donate their cash to Invisible Children, fly to Uganda, and film your average, ordinary pop-punk video about a young couple in love...set in the Gulu Township of Uganda. Enjoy.


**That's right, Greg. I said "Fall Out Boy" on the Quail.

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