I'm pretty sure most people have seen the video that started what became a trending topic on twitter, has made many head lines, landed the man on the video a couple of interviews and broke records by getting millions of views on YouTube in just a few days. The video, which has some amazing effects and is very well made, starts off with the birth of a child and the sentence "You don't pick when you're going to be born or where" and before you know it you are in for a 27 minute ride that aims to shine light on some of the horrors and pains that many children in Uganda have suffered at the hands of Joseph Kony.

The video is part of a campaign made by "invisible children" and according to them and the video itself was made to raise awareness thus rendering the "invisible" children no longer "invisible" and giving them a voice. Most people are quick to jump to the rescue when the problem is abuse, violence and the overall killing of a child's innocence so its only normal that the video received the attention it did but of course, with any movement comes some doubt and questioning by its target audience and that is where we are now.

With the help of some more research that went beyond the video, I can say that Joseph Kony is indeed a horrible person. He has been committing crimes like keeping young girls as sex slaves and forcing young boys to join his "army" approximately since 1986 and is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity but has somehow managed to evade arrest.

The biggest doubt and negative responses to the video and the way things are being handled come, surprisingly, from the Ugandan people, especially villages that were directly victimized by Kony. They feel that the video is about "a white man" and not the hurt and ripple like effects Kony's actions left behind. They criticize the fact that no "locals" were asked to be in the video and can't believe that there are shirts, posters and even stickers being made around someone who caused them so much pain. There has been a call to prevent such merchandise from entering the country.

Over here, people are questioning why not much was done until now and the fact that the U.S. Didn't physically step in until October of 2011, around the time where a bit of an oil crisis began here and the "oil boom" is taking place there. This alone is leading people to believe that the U.S. Stepping in now could be a conflict of interest and an excuse to go into the country for oil. The video also fails to mention key information like the fact that Kony is no longer in Uganda. He was driven out of Uganda some years ago. But most important, it fails to mention the fact that only 31% of the donations made to invisible children actually go to the people it claims to be helping. Yes, there are payments to be made to the people who work for the organization, so is understandable that not all 100% will go directly to the people in need but there are other organizations who give half if not more to their causes.

Though the campaign has good intentions and it is for a good cause I am not sure if is going about it the right way. Also, I can't help but to find it kind of insensitive of them to put Kony's face anywhere near anything. How can anyone actually expect the victims of such tragedies to be okay with or even consider wearing a shirt with their abusers face on it? That would be like asking us to leap about in Osama Bin Ladden themed paraphernalia. NO ONE would be happy about it. Especially the families and friends of those lost during 9/11. I don't argue that the children and anyone who has suffered at the hands of this monster deserves and should receive any help they can be given but I do think that we need to educate ourselves and do some research before jumping to conclusions. I think "invisible children" reached its goal of raising awareness and they deserve the credit for that but there are other organizations that help children in Uganda as well, meaning you do have choices and if you have the will and really want to help you CAN.