These are the COOLEST bracelets ever, and they're for a fabulous cause.
The entire area of Northern Uganda has been ravaged by a 20-year-long war. Roughly 95% of the people from Northern Ugandan districts were forced to evacuate their homes. They now live in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps. in absolute poverty, earning no monetary income. One quarter of the children in Northern Uganda, over the age of ten, has lost one or both parents due to life in displacement camps – suffering starvation, disease, and nighttime attacks from the Lords Resistance Army (LRA).
The Invisible Children Bracelet Campaign creates economic opportunities for people in Northern Uganda's IDP camps through employment and the facilitation of savings and investment, while evoking compassion and raising money around the world to support war affected children in Northern Uganda.
The idea is simple: to connect people on opposite ends of the world by offering a product that creates jobs in Uganda, while educating and inspiring those who receive it. The Invisible Children Bracelet Campaign is that dream realized – attempting to mend the disconnect between the African continent and the rest of the world's ignorance towards it. Hundreds of displaced adults suffering in these camps are now employed in our micro-economic Bracelet Campaign. These jobs generate a much-needed income in otherwise unemployable areas of Uganda. Each colored bracelet (eight in total) represents an individual child, and is accompanied by an inspiring short film, told in a style echoing that of the "Invisible Children: Rough Cut." Each of these extraordinary stories highlights one of the many ways Northern Ugandans have been affected by this unrelenting war. The bracelets are handmade from reed and recycled wire in Uganda, and sold in the United States with the money raised funneling right back into Northern Uganda through the Invisible Children Education Program.
Finally, a bracelet that comes full circle. Wear the bracelet, tell the story, and unite with Invisible Children. Subscribe to all eight today. Please click here and navigate to "Mission" then "Bracelet Campaign" for more info and to order and subscribe.
