There has been a war going on for the greater part of my life that I knew very little about, the civil war in Sudan. This war has claimed more then 2 million lives and 4 million have been internally displaced of become refugees. You can watch all three major networks nightly news programs for a week and hear nothing about this war. It is hard to say exactly why this war is taking place, what started as a north vs south conflict has evolved to be much more complex, some say Arab vs African, Muslim vs Christian and government vs SPLA. It is safe to say that all of these conflicts have had a role at one time or another in this horrific war. Regardless of this the fight is now to control central and the southern regions of Sudan. The south has been the hardest hit, 1 and 5 have been killed in the southern population mostly because of war induced famine. The rebels (mostly Africans) have accused the Government (mostly Arab) of acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Something needs to be done to create peace in this land.
You may ask yourself who are the invisible children, they are the countless kids who are being effected in a very negative way by this war. The Rebels of the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who is headed by Joseph Kony is always looking for new recruits to fight their war so during the night they steal young children from their homes and take them back to the bush and train them to kill. The rebels target young children between the ages of 8 to 14 because they are big enough to carry guns but small enough to sneak into homes to steal more children. So as a result of this thousands of children commute every night from miles around to towns to sleep in bus parks, veranda's and hospitals. This of course creates overcrowding and problems such as competition for space, early sex and girls being taken advantage of. These children need our help... Go to www.invisiblechildren.com to see how you can help
