Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
We help build local communities’ capacity to address the “hidden scars” of severe trauma caused by cycles of violence and poverty.
We accomplish this through community-based awareness campaigns, training volunteer community counselors, and providing one-on-one trauma counseling with trained psychologists.
Sustainable Livelihoods
Invisible Children invests in small-scale livelihood development projects to strengthen local economies, unite diverse communities and reduce exposure to violence and exploitation.
Each project is unique to the community’s self-identified needs and existing resources. They range from small business to investments in local infrastructure, to savings and loan associations.
Mobile Cinema
Lack of information, the spread of misinformation, and deeply-rooted mistrust often prevent people from effectively addressing the challenges facing their communities.
Invisible Children believes storytelling through film is a powerful way to challenge a society’s perceptions and behaviors and catalyze collective action for positive change.
We collaborate with local and international experts and filmmakers to create short films with and for communities in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Screenings of these films, which feature professional actors from local communities, are paired with guided dialogue sessions that provide a powerful opportunity for communities to discuss the issues they face in new and imaginative ways and develop their own solutions.
