Just in advance, I do NOT support Joseph Kony or what he did/does. He is a monster of a man and is a terrible human being. The problem I have is with the Invisible Children group.
I have known about the Invisible Children group for awhile, but it seems that they have gained a lot of support the past couple of days from the video. I have no problem with that at all, stopping a Ugandan warlord for kidnapping kids, all for taking him down. It just seems that the Invisible Children charity isn't giving a lot of that money to the cause. There tax forms have been floating around, and it seems as though only roughly a third of the donations actually go directly to the cause. The rest was spent on travel, film producation and paying the 2 co-founders, and the CEO (Theres actually a few photos floating around that are not very good for publicity). There are also roperts of them supporting the Ugandan army, which haven't really been that good either.
Like I said, I support what they're doing. Its an autrocity and should be stopped. I would just like to make a suggestion and maybe instead of donating to Invisible Children, make a donation to a simialr charity that will dontate a larger portion to the cause ( There is a link in the first article).
Sources:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/03/problem-stop-kony/49634/ (An analysis of Invisible Children and where the money is spent)
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/03/07/stop-kony-yes-but-dont-stop-asking-questions/ ( Article about Joesph Kony and the Ugandan government)
