 Dinaw Mengestu , an Ethiopian American writer and Africa researcher , wrote that the real world Kony is " not a click away " , and a simple solution of raising popular awareness , " a beautiful equation that can only work so long as we believe that nothing in the world happens unless we know about it ... only works in the myopic reality of the film , a reality that deliberately eschews depth and complexity . " Amanda Weisbaum of the charity War Child said that " just getting rid of one person does not solve the problem " and the film 's focus should have been rather on helping ex @-@ child soldiers . Anne Goddard , president and CEO of ChildFund International , wrote that " by narrowing the focus on Kony , by defining success so singularly , it gives people a greater sense that the issue [ of globally widespread conscription of young children ] can be resolved . And that hope feeds on itself in a way that becomes infectious . " United Nations Under @-@ Secretary @-@ General Radhika Coomaraswamy called for the Kony2012 campaign to divert its donation funds from supporting military action to capture Kony to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for former child soldiers . Victor Ochen , founder and director of Ugandan rehabilitation NGO Ayinet , said that campaign " to promote [ Kony ] or make him famous " is " offensive " , in part because of the Cover the Night event 's date ( an anniversary of the Atiak massacre by the LRA in Uganda in 2005 and the date of birth of Adolf Hitler ) , adding " How do you think Americans would have reacted if people in another country wore Osama bin Laden T @-@ shirts ? " 
