KONY 2012

The new video from the makers of Invisible Children has come out this year and is making headlines.  The interesting thing is that a lot of headlines have been negative!  I first saw the Invisible Children video in 2005 at a showing on BYU campus.  I was very moved and donated money and bought T-shirts and the video to help spread the word.  The grass roots movement has made a big impact and a lot of publicity has helped more people become aware of what is going on in Africa and children soldiers- not as much publicity as the KONY 2012 video is going to get.

The KONY 2012 video has already had over 50 million views on YouTube and growing.  The main point of the video is to gain publicity and help the world become aware of Joseph Kony.  Joseph Kony is the evil man that is behind the group in Africa that kidnaps children and forces them to kill their parents and then for their army in general.  Watching the Invisible Children and Kony 2012 video makes it near impossible to not feel something and be motivated to spread the word.  I was shocked to hear that the group behind the videos is being criticized for not using 100% of donations for the actual cause.  There are even people on facebook making statements like "What's the big deal?  There's stuff like this happening in other places in the world too."  I can't believe how insensitive people are to be against such a great movement.  Just the awareness the videos are bringing is changing the actions of people and the government!  I support the cause!!!