by The Sentinel Project | Jun 3, 2019 | Conferences
Diasporas can play a significant role – both positive and negative – in the development and politics of their countries of origin. For example, academic researchers have established that diasporas improve the lives of their home communities by maintaining cultural...
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 | 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 John Green Otunga | Aug 9, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika
(Continued from Part 1) With all of this in our basket and realising the project’s limitations as a team, we started discussing ways to enhance the existing technology used in our work. This led us to realise the great potential in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles...
by John Green Otunga | Aug 4, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Una Hakika
As the twilight begins in a Tana Delta village, someone awakes and steps outside to answer the call of nature. She stops, then turns to run back to her hut, panting and trembling. “I have seen them. Three armed men are crossing our village.” Those few words ignite...
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 John Green Otunga | Jun 1, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
An interview with Una Hakika community ambassador Kode Komora What are the lasting effects of violence in the Tana Delta? I think that ethnic hatred has led to unfair job distribution, based on which tribe is in power. Unstable political development agendas...
by Drew Boyd | Apr 28, 2015 | Conferences
In April 2015, residents of Kenya’s Tana Delta voted. The votes cast were not to elect a new official to political office. Instead, the Una Hakika program wanted to ensure that the direct recipients of its humanitarian programming also had the most direct...
by Christine Mutisya | Apr 28, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika
The Una Hakika forum was held on 14th April at iHub in Nairobi. The forum’s intent was to inform stakeholders of Una Hakika’s one year journey from its birth and implementation to challenges faced and future plans. One year down the road we have covered 16 villages,...
by Christopher Tuckwood | Mar 31, 2015 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika
Is there a relationship between peace, conflict, technology, and misinformation? If so, how does this relationship work and what can we do to create healthier, more stable societies by responsively making accurate information readily available to citizens?...
