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Rumours and Refugees – Our Newest Team Member Discusses Working in Kakuma

Rumours and Refugees – Our Newest Team Member Discusses Working in Kakuma

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...
Join us in marking World Refugee Day

Join us in marking World Refugee Day

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...
Finding the Truth During Conflict – Rumour Verification in Practice

Finding the Truth During Conflict – Rumour Verification in Practice

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...
Reports from Rhino Camp: Baseline Survey Results on Refugees and Rumours

Reports from Rhino Camp: Baseline Survey Results on Refugees and Rumours

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...
Hagiga Wahid – Stopping harmful misinformation in Uganda and South Sudan

Hagiga Wahid – Stopping harmful misinformation in Uganda and South Sudan

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...
Hate In Every Language: We Need Your Help

Hate In Every Language: We Need Your Help

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...

A personal note: Ten years of the Sentinel Project

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...
Lessons from the Commonwealth Digital Challenge

Lessons from the Commonwealth Digital Challenge

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...
Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

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...
Tune into Tana: On the air with Amani FM

Tune into Tana: On the air with Amani FM

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...
Sentinel Project In Iraq

Sentinel Project In Iraq

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...
Report: Una Hakika Phase 1 Results

Report: Una Hakika Phase 1 Results

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...
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