Yesterday Sentinel Project team members working on the Una Hakika project here in Kenya traveled to the village of Kipao to conduct a baseline survey to gain insight into the community members’ sources of information and assess their response to harmful misinformation such as rumours.
![The Orma community of Kipao are traditional pastoralists, raising cattle, sheep, and goats along the Tana River.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7412-940x626.jpg)
The Orma community of Kipao are traditional pastoralists, raising cattle, sheep, and goats along the Tana River.
![It is currently dry season in the Tana Delta and water levels are low enough for our team to wade across the Tana River.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7417_2-940x626.jpg)
It is currently dry season in the Tana Delta and water levels are low enough for our team to wade across the Tana River.
![Residents of Kipao live in customary straw-thatched huts.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7455-940x626.jpg)
Residents of Kipao live in customary straw-thatched huts.
![Curious community members congregated in the shade to learn about the Una Hakika project.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7432-940x626.jpg)
Curious community members congregated in the shade to learn about the Una Hakika project.
![Chris gave a summary of Una Hakika to the community while John translated into Swahili.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7436_2-940x626.jpg)
Chris gave a summary of Una Hakika to the community while John translated into Swahili.
![Our team then split up to begin our interviews.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7443-940x626.jpg)
Our team then split up to begin our interviews.
![English speaking residents of Kipao offered to translate our survey to non-English speakers.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7459-940x626.jpg)
English speaking residents of Kipao offered to translate our survey to non-English speakers.
![Our survey attracted considerable interest amongst the community.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7458_2-940x626.jpg)
Our survey attracted considerable interest amongst the community.
![Illiterate respondents signed our agreement with their thumb prints.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7450-940x626.jpg)
Illiterate respondents signed our agreement with their thumb prints.
![After completing our work we were given a tour around the village.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7474-940x626.jpg)
After completing our work we were given a tour around the village.
![Sentinel Project team members pay their respects at a mass grave on the outskirts of Kipao, within which lie the remains of 5 women, 16 children, and 10 men.](https://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/IMG_7476-940x627.jpg)
Sentinel Project team members pay their respects at a mass grave on the outskirts of Kipao, within which lie the remains of 5 women, 16 children, and 10 men.