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Many of you have probably heard about the Kony 2012 campaign by Invisible Children. In the past week, it has gained popularity due to a documentary posted on Youtube by the organization (watch it after the break). Since then, it has gained tens of millions of views. The knee jerk reaction of most people was to completely support the campaign and share the documentary with others. But as it's popularity grew, skepticism of it grew with it. Many of us began posting articles criticizing the Kony 2012 campaign's strategy and Invisible Children's motives.
I'm not going to talk about what I think is the right thing to do, but I'm going to ask you to look at this controversy in a different way. I think it's perfectly healthy to be skeptical, but skepticism should not be the beginning and end of everything. The problem I have with much of the criticism of this movement is that it ends with criticism and not an alternative. It is serving more to hinder action than to redirect it. What really annoys me the most is when people are ridiculing people for becoming aware of conditions in some parts of Africa only after watching the documentary. Why is that a bad thing?
All I'm saying is that now that we are aware of a problem, we should do whatever little we can to help solve it. Who knows, maybe Kony isn't the problem, maybe Uganda doesn't need our help, but now that we are motivated, let's do something to make the world a better place. Let's educate ourselves and choose the best means to accomplish our goal. Last, but certainly not least, let's ask Allah to guide our actions and to make our efforts successful.
In the comments section: Let us know what you think about the Kony 2012 campaign. What are the alternatives to achieve the same goal?
Here's the video:
