Did KONY 2012 make a difference?
Kony 2012 (officially KONY 2012 or Kony2012) is a short film created by Invisible Children, Inc., authors of Invisible Children, and released on March 5, 2012. The film's purpose is to promote the charity's "Stop Kony" movement to make Ugandan cult and militia leader, indicted war criminal and International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by December 2012, the time when the campaign expires
Did it actually happen?
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1) We don't need to go after Kony. We need to take care of our own debt. America has played big brother for too many years.... Its time to take care of ourselves in order to help others. What do they say on airplanes for if the oxygen masks drop? The parents are to take care of themselves first, then their children. Why? Because the children can't be helped if the adult is incapacitated. Same thing for lifeguards and policemen. Take care of yourself first in order to help others. 2) Invisible children is a sketchy organization... Their founders make almost 6 digits... and only about 30% of their funding actually goes to help the children in Africa. 3) For these reasons no one has supported this campaign. Side: No
"only 32% of its expenses last year went to direct services" “Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public. Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal, and Charity Navigator rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they haven’t had their finances externally audited. But it goes way deeper than that. Invisible Children's accounts show it is a cash rich operation, which more than tripled its income to $9m (£5.68m) in 2011, mainly from personal donations. Of this, nearly 25% was spent on travel and film-making. Most of the money raised has been spent in the US. The accounts show $1.7m went on US employee salaries, $850,000 in film production costs, $244,000 in "professional services" -– thought to be Washington lobbyists –- and $1.07m in travel expenses. Nearly $400,000 was spent on offices in San Diego. Invisible Children's accounts show it is a cash rich operation, which more than tripled its income to $9m (£5.68m) in 2011, mainly from personal donations. Of this, nearly 25% was spent on travel and film-making. Most of the money raised has been spent in the US. The accounts show $1.7m went on US employee salaries, $850,000 in film production costs, $244,000 in "professional services" -– thought to be Washington lobbyists –- and $1.07m in travel expenses. Nearly $400,000 was spent on offices in San Diego. http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/ Fourth paragraph under the first video. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-PnDZmngAhM/ This picture is a picture of the founders with an army that uses child soldiers too. They rape women and have create violence all the same. They fight Kony. Pick the greater of the evils to fight against. Side: No
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