Imagine a world where young children are being abducted from their homes, tortured and drugged to be used as child soldiers. In Uganda, this tragedy is happening every day. For almost 23 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army has plagued the lives of Ugandans.
On April 14 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sinclair Community College will host the Invisible Children Spring Tour 2011 at the stage area in Building 8 to raise awareness about what is happening in Uganda. The event is free and open to the public.
Invisible Children is a coalition used to speak out against the use of children as child soldiers, according to the website www.invisibilechildren.com. During the event, a documentary featuring the life of Tony Bozillo, who grew up during the war and has had his whole life shaped by the war, will be the highlight of the event, according to Andrea Ramsay, invisible children representative. Three American representatives will be present during the event, with Ugandan representative, Fiona, who will be there to tell her personal story.
Toward the end of the event, a question and answer session will open up and allow students, faculty and staff the opportunity to personally speak to Fiona, according to Ramsey.
Merchandise will be on sale to support the Invisible Children and to help the representatives tell the stories of the child soldiers.
“Fiona is a huge reason why I am here. There are people going through what Fiona has gone through every single day. And we have the ability to do something huge right here,” Ramsay said. We as representatives, we hope to share that story and get our generation involved as well. We want to get everyone involved in bringing this war to an end.”
For more information, students can go to the website www.invisiblechildren.com.