Invisible Children, a California-based charity organization, will make a stop at Binghamton University Thursday in an effort to raise money to rebuild schools in war-torn Uganda.

Amnesty International chapter at BU is sponsoring ‘Schools for Schools’ from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7 in Lecture Hall 2, where Bearcats will have the chance to meet students from halfway around the world.

The Invisible Children team will show the short film ‘Go’ about the ‘Schools for Schools’ initiative. Sunday Douglas, a recent Ugandan high school graduate, will speak about his peers’ struggle to go to school. The team hopes to secure funds from donations and through the purchase of official Invisible Children merchandise made in Uganda.

Meaghan Petix, a senior and co-president of Amnesty International at BU, said she is excited to host Invisible Children for the second year in a row to promote awareness about Uganda’s Civil War.

‘If we can get a room full of people, we hope to create a domino effect that will make people more concerned about the happenings in Uganda,’ Petix said.

Last year, Amnesty International at BU hosted a viewing of the organization’s film, ‘Invisible Children: The Rough Cut,’ which showed how the Lord’s Resistance Army under the rule of Joseph Kony in Uganda forced children to join their ranks through kidnapping. According to the organization’s website, 90 percent of the LRA were abducted as children.

The ‘Schools for Schools’ initiative represents a reconstruction of the education infrastructure razed by 23 years of civil war in Uganda.

Douglas, who spent his childhood as a night walker to avoid becoming a child soldier, now travels to the United States to meet with American students and help rebuild schools for his peers.

Two of the Ugandan speakers, Komakech Lawrence and Douglas, have been personally affected by the war. The Invisible Children team travels across the U.S. and Canada to inform campuses, schools and other institutions about the child night roamers of Uganda. A total of 11 teams nationwide hope to rebuild 11 schools in Ugandan villages. The teams will perform 1,000 presentations and visit 319 college institutions this year.

‘Invisible Children began in 2003 when three young [filmmakers] went to Africa with a camera and saw thousands of children night-walking,’ said Talitha Baker, the tour booking manager for Invisible Children. ‘We’re working to help these children by putting them through school.’

The Invisible Children team hopes the next generation of Ugandans will grow up with peace and not brutal militarization. ‘Schools for Schools’ is one of four programs that provide scholarship aid to Ugandan children and nurture economic growth in East Africa. Students can learn about the mission and how they can help at www.invisiblechildren.com.

Initial flyers posted by Amnesty International at BU said a child soldier was to come speak at the University. According to Caitlin Melvin, a senior majoring in psychology and co-president of the BU Amnesty International chapter, new flyers will be printed to correct the error.