by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 30, 2020 | Conferences, General News, South Sudan, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika
We recently expanded our Una Hakika misinformation management project to Kakuma Refugee Camp and nearby areas of northwestern Kenya. Our goal is to support refugees and host communities in stopping the spread of harmful rumours and misinformation that contribute to...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Jun 20, 2020 | General News, Hagiga Wahid, Kenya, Situations of Concern, South Sudan, Uganda
In honour of World Refugee Day, all new donations that we receive over the next week (from now until the end of June 26) will be reserved specifically for supporting the Hagiga Wahid project in Uganda. Click here to donate. As we join people around the world in...
by Christopher Tuckwood | May 31, 2020 | General News, Hagiga Wahid, Kijiji Cha Amani, Una Hakika
Anyone who has followed the Sentinel Project’s work in recent years will know that we’ve focused a lot on misinformation management in our efforts to prevent and mitigate atrocities. As our team has taken the model developed in Kenya and replicated it together with...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 9, 2019 | Conferences
By Barnabas Samuel, Sebit Martin, and Christopher Tuckwood ————————————————– A critical part of starting any new initiative is for the Sentinel Project team to gather...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Mar 8, 2019 | General News, Hagiga Wahid, Situations of Concern, South Sudan, Team Announcements, Technology, Uganda, Una Hakika
“A refugee heard that someone back in South Sudan had come with soldiers to kill his family so he prepared his community to go and fight the people in another camp and take revenge on the perpetrator’s community.” Reported to the Sentinel Project team in...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Oct 26, 2018 | Conferences, General News, Team Announcements, Technology
Do you speak multiple languages and want to help build a more hate-resistant world? If you answered “yes” then we need your help with improving our ability to monitor hate speech around the world. We need native speakers of various languages (see below) to...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Aug 8, 2018 | General News
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Sentinel Project’s official founding on 8 August 2008. The ten-year mark is definitely a notable milestone and a worthwhile occasion for a personal note as the organization’s executive director and one of its...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Jun 21, 2018 | Conferences
Earlier this year, Una Hakika project coordinator John Otunga was selected as the co-winner of the Commonwealth Digital Challenge operated by the Thomson Foundation with funding from the Elizabeth R Media Fund. The competition aimed to provide young and aspiring media...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 9, 2017 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Technology
Call for participation: The Sentinel Project has launched a new research project focused on the use of drones for development and humanitarianism in the Global South. We’re looking for people and organizations working with this technology around the world to...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Sep 4, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika
The Una Hakika rumour management system has long been a core part of the Sentinel Project’s work in Kenya. Seeing the negative effects of false information led us to create this mobile phone-based information service but also highlighted the need for other types of...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Jul 12, 2017 | General News, Situations of Concern, Technology
Faras, an Iraqi Christian, recalls the flight from Islamic State and not knowing where his brother is or whether he is still alive. The Sentinel Project has begun operations in Northern Iraq, focusing on violence prevention and mitigation efforts, addressing urgent...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Dec 21, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika
After two years of operating the Una Hakika information service, we are ready share our research findings is the “Una Hakika: Mapping and Countering the Flow of Misinformation in Kenya’s Tana Delta” released today. When our team first visited this part of Kenya that...
