by Christine Mutisya | Oct 8, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern
Kenya has been relatively peaceful in the month of September in comparison to previous months. Security has been enhanced in most counties and fewer incidents of violence have been noted. However, this does not give Kenya a clean slate in terms of security. The reason...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Oct 6, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
At the end of 1932, genocide began in Ukraine. The Soviet-Russian government had made the decision to subjugate the Ukrainians by starving them. It was not a coincidence that 1932 was also the year that Moscow ceased publishing demographic data. The government was...
by Adrian Gregorich | Sep 23, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
“On August 22nd 2012, the Pokomos came to Reketa village and they killed 56 people. That morning I was in Dide Waride, and we tried to go and save our people in Rekata. When we came to Reketa we had seen 56 people dead. All of them speared, and some of them were cut...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 31, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
August 2014’s Burma update explores the issue of why countries with a history of Western colonial influence are at a higher risk of genocide. The divide-and-rule tactic of all tyrants of previous epochs had required the creation or exploitation of some...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 25, 2014 | General News, Technology
A central concept in the work of the Sentinel Project is the importance of security. Nowhere is this more relevant than ensuring the safety of individuals who work with us or contribute to our field operations. Because those who assist conflict prevention often face...
by Adrian Gregorich | Aug 19, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
During a baseline survey conducted by The Sentinel Project to determine the access to and use of technology in the Tana Delta area, respondents were asked if they were interested in joining future violence prevention efforts through Una Hakika. In May-June 2014 The...
by Drew Boyd | Aug 8, 2014 | General News, Team Announcements
August 8th marks the Sentinel Project’s sixth year working to prevent atrocities and assisting threatened communities around the world through the use of technology. We thank all of our supporters and partners without whom we could not have reached where we are...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Aug 5, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
Reports from Burma’s embattled Rakhine State recall some of history’s most heinous crimes. In 2012, a Burmese government official told Dr. Maung Zarni, a persistent gadfly of the military-ruled state: “The bottom line is, we don’t want any more...
by John Green Otunga | Jul 15, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
By John Green and Christine Mutisya Last month, Una Hakika team members were invited to the Health Communication Resources (HCR) stakeholders consultation meeting in Hola, in the Tana Deta area of Kenya. HCR is a UK-based organization that works with developing...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Jul 10, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern
On July 2, 2014 a Burmese blogger alleged that two Muslim brothers who own a cafe in Mandalay raped their Buddhist employee. The blog post went viral on Facebook with infamous ethnic-nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu sharing the story on his page. In retaliation to the...
by Adrian Gregorich | Jun 10, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements, Una Hakika
In this interview Una Hakika community ambassador Kode Komora discusses his involvement with the project and his hopes for his community: How did you first hear about Una Hakika? I first heard about Una Hakika when I met John Green. Our youth group (Delta VCEZ Youth...
by Adrian Gregorich | Jun 2, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements, Una Hakika
During our Una Hakika community ambassador training sessions we hold a discussion entitled “Why Peace?” in which participants explain what the peace building process means to them. These are some their responses:
