The Morning Blog Wednesday 25th March
We have the privilege of speaking to last year's World Vision Youth Ambassador, and Human Rights Activist, the inspirational Jasmine Zapka. Jasmine is only 18 years old but it already making a difference in this world. Jasmine is now spokeswoman for Invisible Children, a non-profit organisation aimed at resucing Northen Ugandan Child soldiers...
A 23 year long war...
30,000 Children abducted...
30,000 child soldiers...
It has to stop.
In the spring of 2003, three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. What started out as a filmmaking adventure transformed into much more when these boys from Southern California discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them, a tragedy where children are both the weapons and the victims.
After returning to the States, they created the documentary "Invisible Children: Rough Cut," a film that exposes the tragic realities of northern Uganda's night commuters and child soldiers.
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.
Jasmine Zapka is singing the praises of this organisation, and is organising a screening of the movie on TUESDAY 7th APRIL at Ferntree Gully Baptist Church. Cnr Hunter and Fredrick st, Ferntree Gully. Doors open at 7pm. RSVP to jasmine.zapka@vgen.org (15+ age restriction).
Jasmine also told us about another great upcoming event. On April 25th, the international community will unite to deliver the innocent from Kony's reign and ensure he is brought to justice. Thousands of participants will gather in 100 cities across the world to abduct themselves and raise the banner of the child soldiers taken by Joseph Kony.At the event, participants will write letters, create art/photo projects and seek out media attention in an effort to petition the
Find out more at invisiblechildren.com or the Facebook page