Seeing "Invisible Children"

The senior class at Faith Presbyterian Christian School in Robertsdale leafs through a book of sadness and hope. It's a collection of photographs and letters from invisible children. The charity helps Ugandan kids caught between civil war and struggling schools.

“They have to get to the cities just to be safe,” says Senior Maria Sanders. “A lot of times school work isn't even a priority.” Maria brought an Invisible Children documentary to class on the final day of school last year--setting this year's agenda.

“The entire class of about 13 to 14 kids remained completely silent throughout the enitre duration of the documentary,” says teacher Cassondra Leisenring. “Tears streaming down their faces, they were very moved.”

Five girls made posters, crafted bracelets and sold t-shirts to raise money for a school in Uganda. This Wednesday they've organized a free screening of another documentary in Gulf Shores. It’s 7pm to 9 pm at the Cobb Theatre.

“The documentary is at least going to show them what we can't verbalize,” says Leisenring. “It's going to raise the type of emotions that are needed to understand the plight of the children. In addition to this screening the first have of the year's been focused on raising awareness, now the efforts turn toward raising money.

“The student body here is seeing what we're doing and deffinately caught on,” says Maria. “We've had a lot of support from not only the high school but also from the elementary side.” The fifth grade class has a collection jar and some students drop spare change in . The modest team's raised more than $200.