by Adrian Gregorich | Nov 7, 2018 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
Last week we looked back at Una Hakika’s beginnings in an interview with the Sentinel Project’s executive director, Christopher Tuckwood. Continuing the reflective conversation, we now look to the future of the project and the universal applicability of the...
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 31, 2018 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
This year we celebrated the Sentinel Project’s tenth anniversary and this has inspired lots of both looking back and looking ahead. In this first instalment of a two-part interview, executive director Christopher Tuckwood reflects on the early days of Una Hakika...
by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 18, 2018 | General News, Technology
Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting-edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates, through its subsidiary initiative Sarus Humanitarian Aerospace. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and commonly called drones,...
by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 2, 2018 | General News, Open Positions
As a small organization with limited resources, volunteers have always been critical to the Sentinel Project’s growth. Talented people donating their time, skills, and energy are helping us reach a brighter future. – Christopher Tuckwood, Executive...
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 23, 2017 | General News, Technology
Sexual harassment exists everywhere in the world, but so does the determination to end it. HarassMap is an award-winning initiative in Egypt based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this...
by Adrian Gregorich | May 23, 2017 | Donations, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika
In 2014, the Sentinel Project launched “Sarus,” its humanitarian aerospace initiative, with plans to deploy “humanitarian drones” in conflict zones around the world. Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates and we...
by Adrian Gregorich | Apr 3, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
Between August 2012 and January 2013, the Tana Delta area of eastern Kenya experienced a series of massacres between the Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups. The killings took the lives of an estimated 166 people and displaced tens of thousands from their homes. The...
by Adrian Gregorich | Dec 30, 2016 | General News, Technology
HarassMap is a volunteer-based initiative whose mission is to engage Egyptian society in creating an environment that does not tolerate sexual harassment. This is carried out by crowdsourcing SMS and online reports of sexual harassment and assault, and mapping them...
by Adrian Gregorich | Dec 21, 2016 | Kenya, Una Hakika
An interview with Kode Wario, Una Hakika Community Ambassador In terms of the recent expansion of Una Hakika into Lamu, how will the program be beneficial to the community? In its expansion to the Lamu community Una Hakika shall will be a great benefit....
by Adrian Gregorich | Jul 22, 2016 | Conferences, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
On Wednesday morning the Sentinel Project, represented by Director of Operations Drew Boyd, provided expert testimony to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on how Canada can assist vulnerable minorities threatened by mass atrocities. Last month,...
by Adrian Gregorich | Sep 30, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
An interview with Drew Boyd, Director of Operations at the Sentinel Project How has Una Hakika worked with authorities to prevent the spread of rumours that may lead to violence? Drew: Una Hakika set out from the very beginning to plug into as many different and...
by Adrian Gregorich | Jun 4, 2015 | General News, Team Announcements
On the evening of Monday June 1st, I had the opportunity to attend a mass Blanket Exercise on Parliament Hill, organized by the Assembly of Seven Generations as part of the closing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). The event opened with an...
