You see their fliers everywhere on campus that say “Stop a war older than the soldiers fighting it.” This is the message of the nonprofit group Invisible Children. The organization, started by three young men from California, is about helping child soldiers who are fighting in a civil war in Uganda.
Marshall University’s chapter was started in 2007, and has helped spread the message of the young boys to the Marshall students. But is it enough?
The organization shows movies several times throughout the semester and tries to hold other events that promote the organization with such things as local concerts, but it still seems as though students are still trying to avoid the problem this organization promotes.
But this is a serious problem in the world. Thousands of children die every year. These children are abducted from their homes and forced to fight a war that they have no reason to be involved in.
Members of Invisible Children have their hearts in the right place, because they are trying to bring more regional attention to this great cause, but at the same time we don’t hear much from this organization on a national level.
Students should support Invisible Children. Members are not asking for much, just a letter to your representative. We should help these children as much as we can because it seems no one else will help them.
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