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HOPE 2012
Posted on July 18, 2012 by Cause Effect Agency
Kony 2012 was by most accounts an overwhelming success as far as online fundraising campaigns go. Millions of dollars raised, tens of millions of new viewers exposed to the work of invisible Children, Joshep Kony was back in the news, and Invisible Children could finally have their say on the subject. Kony twenty-twelve would be on the lips of every social media junky worth their klout.
However, as the artificial deadline for this capture passed it became painfully obvious that what was missing a cogent strategy on how to help those most affected by Kony's war, the children. It can hardly be contested that Kony 2012 brought the discussion of Uganda's child warfare back to the forefront, but was discussion enough to survive 2 or 3 news cycles?
As the conversation turned inward and the credibility of Invisible Children came in to question keen observers began to seek the opinion of Ugandans on how best to help Uganda. As a voice of recovery and reconciliation on the ground in Uganda. Okello Sam, founder of Hope North,was asked by RT's Thom Hartmann for his responses to Kony 2012.

