Invisible Children, Jacob's testimony, and the TenTimesTen project.
If you are unfamiliar with the Invisible Children campaign, I STRONGLY urge you to go check out the site. In short, it's a campaign to end the war in Northern Uganda that is forcing children as young as 7 years old into battle, brainwashing them into killing machines and forcing them to kill even their own mothers and siblings in support of the Lords Resistance Army. If a child is abducted it is unlikely they will escape alive. It is kill or be killed. Check out the videos on YouTube as well.
To put it in perspective, here is the story of Jacob:
"The night I was abducted, the rebels of the LRA came and took me from our village. No one was sleeping because we could hear their approach. The rebels broke down the door of my hut and forcefully took me. My mom did not cry because she knew if she did the rebels would kill her. She just had to watch us go.
"When the rebels see you cry the ask you, 'You, what are you crying?' If you say, 'Nothing' then htey say, 'Now you are thinking about home? So, we better kill you.' So they kill you. But they don't know what is in your heart. You see for me, my heart is that I am going to escape. For me, I wanted to be a lawyer, but no money. I didn't have money to be...to pay my school fees, so that I learn and then become one. I had nothing. I didn't even have a blanket. I didn't have anything to do with food. maybe we eat once a day. So it is better when you kill us.
"In the bush, the opportune moment to escape came when the soldier who was meant to keep an eye on me took a nap. So without knowing the direction I had taken, I moved till morning to town. After I came back, I was night commuting because of fear." (These children commute every night to a village an hour and a half walk away in order to avoid getting abducted into the rebel army) "While in the bush the rebels made it clear that whoever would escape would be got again and killed. My parents lived somehow far from town and I did not feel safe there, so I walked to town to sleep so I would not get abducted again."
Jacob
Former child soldier
Resident of Northern Uganda
This is the major cause that the TenTimesTen project will support. Money is needed in Northern Uganda to aid families that were forced into displacement camps by the government with little to no food or water. People are dying left and right of starvation and disease because of this war. They need to be fed. They need to be clothed. They need schools. Children need to be children and not killing machines. They need to live. By purchasing a TenTimesTen painting for $100 you are helping aid not only the Invisible Children, but people all around us that have needs. Visit my website at JohnAzoni.com to find a full archive of TenTimesTen paintings as I complete them. As of right now there are only 4 available paintings but more will be up tomorrow, and in days to come.
BUY ART, and save some lives already. :)
To put it in perspective, here is the story of Jacob:
"The night I was abducted, the rebels of the LRA came and took me from our village. No one was sleeping because we could hear their approach. The rebels broke down the door of my hut and forcefully took me. My mom did not cry because she knew if she did the rebels would kill her. She just had to watch us go.
"When the rebels see you cry the ask you, 'You, what are you crying?' If you say, 'Nothing' then htey say, 'Now you are thinking about home? So, we better kill you.' So they kill you. But they don't know what is in your heart. You see for me, my heart is that I am going to escape. For me, I wanted to be a lawyer, but no money. I didn't have money to be...to pay my school fees, so that I learn and then become one. I had nothing. I didn't even have a blanket. I didn't have anything to do with food. maybe we eat once a day. So it is better when you kill us.
"In the bush, the opportune moment to escape came when the soldier who was meant to keep an eye on me took a nap. So without knowing the direction I had taken, I moved till morning to town. After I came back, I was night commuting because of fear." (These children commute every night to a village an hour and a half walk away in order to avoid getting abducted into the rebel army) "While in the bush the rebels made it clear that whoever would escape would be got again and killed. My parents lived somehow far from town and I did not feel safe there, so I walked to town to sleep so I would not get abducted again."
Jacob
Former child soldier
Resident of Northern Uganda
This is the major cause that the TenTimesTen project will support. Money is needed in Northern Uganda to aid families that were forced into displacement camps by the government with little to no food or water. People are dying left and right of starvation and disease because of this war. They need to be fed. They need to be clothed. They need schools. Children need to be children and not killing machines. They need to live. By purchasing a TenTimesTen painting for $100 you are helping aid not only the Invisible Children, but people all around us that have needs. Visit my website at JohnAzoni.com to find a full archive of TenTimesTen paintings as I complete them. As of right now there are only 4 available paintings but more will be up tomorrow, and in days to come.
BUY ART, and save some lives already. :)
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