Kony 2012

I do not doubt that Joseph Kony is a very evil man.

However invisible children have about 32% of their funds raised going to direct services, with the rest on film making, travel and staff wages.

They have worked with the Sudan People's Liberation Army, who were hugely condemmed for rape and looting, and are based in Uganda, despite reliable intelligence that Kony hasn't been in Uganda for 6 years, and the charity are supporting the militias.

to quote something else
"Is awareness good? Yes. But these problems are highly complex, not one-dimensional and, frankly, aren’t of the nature that can be solved by postering, film-making and changing your [a social network] profile picture, as hard as that is to swallow. Giving your money and public support to Invisible Children so they can spend it on funding ill-advised violent intervention and movie #12 isn’t helping. Do I have a better answer? No, I don’t, but that doesn’t mean that you should support KONY 2012 just because it’s something. Something isn’t always better than nothing. Sometimes it’s worse."

I agree, here is a critical review. I still think the video should be shared though.

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/