Lisa Dougan: 'My Job is to Represent a Community of Solidarity Activists Fighting for Those Affected By the LRA'

Source: http://ift.tt/zP5LE8 - Tuesday, March 29, 2016
If Lisa Dougan's shoes were to tell a story they would begin on the marble hallways of the Capitol building in Washington and end on the clay streets of central Africa. Both of which would, undoubtedly, be described with the same level of enthusiasm. "I constantly reconnect to the humanity of my work" says Dougan, CEO of Invisible Children, an organisation set up to help combat the kidnapping of children in central Africa. Her frustration with bureaucracy is apparent, but diluted by traditional experiences she has lobbying with politicians. We are both sitting in our respective work spaces, comfortable, and talking on the phone. As we speak, hundreds of children are getting ready for bed with the fear of abduction in South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a fear that originated 27 years ago with Joseph Kony, the self appointed messiah of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) dedicated to terrorising the region. "Everyday I feel the urgency of the situation in central Africa, but I have to hold that in tension due to the slow moving process of political advocacy" says Dougan. As CEO of Invisible Children, Dougan spends around four months in central Africa with the majority of her time consumed by acquiring donations and lobbying in Washington. After over ten years of creative documentaries, explanatory meetings with law makers, and loud protests Dougan and her team are confident that

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