Julia

Obviously, Uganda is not doing a good job of protecting their citizen’s safety. Child labour, lack of political freedom, and very little safety. The government is indeed trying to put the issues brought by the LRA to an end but are having much difficulty. Uganda has been getting support from other countries, such as the United States. Uganda has very little power over the LRA, and being a poor country, there is a set back financially in trying to get a movement to fight against the LRA. The government has been trying to capture those involved in the LRA and bringing children back to safety, this is causing the situation to get better for Uganda, very slowly, but surely. Uganda is not able to take on the LRA alone though due to their financial setbacks so the country’s safety remains in danger.
 * 1) I am Ben Keesey, the Executive Director and CEO of Invisible Children. Invisible Children is an organization that exists to bring a permanent end to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), also known as “The Rebels”, and locating their leader, Joseph Kony.
 * 2) The country I am representing is Uganda, where the problem is harshly effecting the people. Uganda is located in East Africa. Uganda has an estimated population of 36 million people, and an estimated over 2 million people affected by the LRA. Uganda’s economy is not strong at all. Uganda is known as one of the poorest countries in the world. As years have gone by, Uganda’s wealth is growing, but at the moment still have a poor economy compared to the majority of the world. Socially, Uganda is quite diverse when it comes to languages and etc. There are around forty different languages spoken in Uganda, the most used being Luganda. Religion wise, Christians make up about eighty-four percent of the country’s population. Uganda is quite like America when it comes to sports and the country’s national sport is what they call “football” but we know it as soccer. Culturally, the people of Uganda often make traditional foods that have English, Indian, and Asian influences.
 * 3) I, Ben Keesey, graduated from the University of California located in Los Angeles. Prior to working with Invisible Children, I worked with Deloitte and Touche LLP, JP Morgan & Associates, and Brentwood Associates Private Equity. The day after his senior finals in college, I visited Africa, looking to film what kind of things were occurring there, but little did I know that the trips I took to Africa would form my new mission in life, to stop the LRA. Over time, I have raised over 47 million dollars development programs in Central Africa and raising awareness to find Joseph Kony.
 * 4) Though there are many, three references that reflect/support my ideas are President Obama, Warscapes, and the United Nations. President Obama has a strong opinion against the LRA. He believes that what they are doing and what the people of Uganda are dealing with, is tragic and that it should be put to an immediate end. An organization called Warscapes, and the well-known United Nations, both like Invisible Children, are taking a stand to stop the violence in Uganda that is affecting a large amount of people and getting the world’s attention.
 * 5) Safety and Rule of Law

We can easily assume that human rights are quite unequal within the Kony 2012 situation and Uganda. Children aren’t being given the rights that the majority of the world is automatically born into. Their safety is at risk because of the LRA everyday. Uganda has trouble reaching the achievement of completing human rights because of their lacking of government power over the people. People are not being protected as they should be.
 * 1) Participation and Human Rights

Uganda’s economy has positively grown in the past two decades. Ugandan people have many opportunities to gain wealth due the fact that Uganda has many resources that other countries are interested in. The United States, who is helping Uganda with the Kony 2012 situation, also has helped the Ugandan economy. Uganda is trying to help families locate their children taken by the LRA because many of these families need these children for economic support. International trade is a big area of business for Ugandans because of the fact they do have a lot of resources to offer. Uganda needs support in ending the LRA, economically.
 * 1) Sustainable Economic Opportunity


 * 1) Human Development

As the Ugandan economy has been growing,in general, human development has also been having a change for the better. What could make the human development even better is if the LRA was taken down. The LRA has caused hardships to over 2 million people. Hundreds of thousands of those people have died because of the LRA, majority of those being children. The world has been informed through viral videos online and people are attempting to take a stand because of being aware of this issue.

6 . I believe in the equal and inherent value of all human life. I believe that a worldview bound by borders is outdated and that stopping injustice anywhere is the responsibility of humanity everywhere. I do not believe that the LRA deserves to be successfully running and that we all need to take part and put an end to Kony 2012. The LRA is putting hundreds of thousands, even millions of lives in jeopardy. " GIC Logout." //GaleNet//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2013. . "Invisible Children â€“ Home | Invisible Children." //Invisible Children â€“ Home | Invisible Children//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2013. .topic. "Uganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda>.