What did Kony 2012 achieve?

More than 100 million views in just 6 days, and 3.7 million citizen pledges calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony gave us our answer. KONY 2012 yielded the fastest growing viral video of all time and resulted in unprecedented international action to end Africa’s longest running conflict.

How did Kony 2012 influence the government?

It also enabled us to dramatically expand our community-based protection programs in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR), which are now keeping thousands of families safer from violence and helping abducted child soldiers safely return home.

What happened to the Kony 2012?

Joseph Kony Kony ran the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which terrorized northern Uganda. Kony wasn’t captured at the end of 2012 and he still is not captured today. Despite the publicity and weapons poured into the region, Dr.

Who created Kony 2012?

Jason Russell
Jason Russell (born October 12, 1978) is an American film and theater director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012, a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012….Filmography.

Who is Kony and what did he do?

Joseph Kony (likely born 1961) is a Ugandan militant, who founded the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Christian fundamentalist organization, designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Peacekeepers, the European Union and various other governments. An Acholi, Kony was born into a middle-class family.

Does Invisible Children still exist?

When the organization was founded, the LRA was active in Uganda. The rebel group left Uganda in 2006 and continues to operate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan….Invisible Children, Inc.

Does the LRA still exist?

The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), is a Christian extremist and a terrorist organization which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo….

Is the Lord’s Resistance Army still active?

The Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing guerrilla campaign waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgent group since 1987. Currently, there is low-level LRA activity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.

What was the deal with Kony?

The film’s purpose was to make Ugandan cult and militia leader, indicted war criminal and the International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012, when the campaign expired.

Is Kony 2012 real?

(authors of Invisible Children). The film’s purpose was to make Ugandan cult and militia leader, indicted war criminal and the International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012, when the campaign expired….

What is the Lord’s Resistance Army fighting for?

What is the LRA fighting for? According to former LRA fighters, Kony’sstated goal is to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and create a state based on Kony’s interpretation of the biblical Ten Commandments. Kony’s current tactics appear solely aimed at ensuring his and other senior leaders’ survival. 3.

Where is Kony?

After Kony’s terror activities, he was banished from Uganda, and shifted to South Sudan. Kony described himself as a freedom fighter, struggling for a Christian Uganda. Kony has long been one of Africa’s most notorious warlords. He is currently one of the most wanted African militants as well.

Is Kony 2012 the best documentary ever made?

Maybe Jason Russell’s web-based film Kony 2012, calling for international action to stop the Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony, can’t be considered great documentary-making. But as a piece of digital polemic and digital activism, it is quite simply brilliant.

What is Joseph Kony accused of?

We’ve reported on the video here: Kony stands accused of overseeing the systematic kidnapping of countless African children, brainwashing the boys into fighting for him, turning the girls into sex slaves and killing those who don’t comply.

Is Joseph Kony still in Uganda?

1) Joseph Kony is not in Uganda and hasn’t been for six years; 2) The LRA now numbers at most in the hundreds, and while it is still causing immense suffering, it is unclear how millions of well-meaning but misinformed people are going to help deal with the more complicated reality. It makes the following points:

Should we get rid of Joseph Kony?

11.30am:This excellent postby Michael Wilkerson, a journalist who has worked extensively in Uganda, starts busting some of the myths around Kony and the situation in Uganda. He writes: It would be great to get rid of Kony. He and his forces have left abductions and mass murder in their wake for over 20 years. But let’s get two things straight: