by Drew Boyd | Feb 11, 2015 | Burma, Conferences, General News, Iran, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Situations of Concern, Sri Lanka, Technology
Sentinel CTS to be used for violence monitoring and tracking of emerging conflicts The Sentinel Conflict Tracking System is a data visualization platform that displays global conflicts being tracked by the Sentinel Project. The platform presents an interactive display...
by Drew Boyd | Feb 10, 2015 | Burma, Conferences, General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika
The Sentinel Project is pleased to announce the expansion of our advisory board. Patrick Meier is the Director of Social Innovation at Qatar Computing Research Institute and a luminary and leader in the application of new technologies for crisis-mapping, early...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 30, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika
This Sentinel Focus feature highlights John Otunga, Project Co-ordinator for The Sentinel Project’s (https://thesentinelproject.org/) Una Hakika initiative. Una Hakika (Swahili for ‘Are you sure?’) is a program launched in 2013 to use...
by Drew Boyd | Jan 8, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika
This Sentinel Focus feature highlights Christine Mutisya, Project Co-ordinator for The Sentinel Project’s Una Hakika initiative. Una Hakika (Swahili for ‘Are you sure?’) is a program launched in 2013 to use telecommunications in Kenya’s...
by Steven Kiersons, MA | Dec 22, 2014 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology
Civil war and ethnic cleansing have marred Burma’s ostensible transformation from Junta to democracy. In Rakhine State, the new era has been heralded by periodic outbreaks of mass violence involving mobs of Buddhist civilians waging pogroms on Muslim Rohingya...
by Drew Boyd | Dec 8, 2014 | Donations, General News, Technology
The Sentinel Project has officially launched its Sentinel Gift feature. This holiday season you can do your gift shopping and support the Sentinel Project at the same time. Our gift catalog offers items you won’t find in any store. Early warning drones,...
by Christine Mutisya | Dec 2, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika
Getting Direct Feedback Over the past two weeks a Sentinel Project team has been in Kenya’s Tana Delta conducting focus groups in the various villages in which our Una Hakika initiative has been implemented. The free information service seeks to counteract...
by Drew Boyd | Nov 18, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Technology Roles, Una Hakika
Writings on the subject of practical unmanned aerial system (UAS) applications in the humanitarian field have exploded in recent years, but actual, real-world applications have lagged far behind in large part because of unanswered questions about their use. What the...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 22, 2014 | General News, Situations of Concern, Technology
The Sentinel Project has launched its humanitarian aerospace initiative with plans to deploy ‘humanitarian drones’ in conflict zones around the world. The long term goal is to demonstrate the value of overlapping multi-vehicle unmanned aerial systems for...
by Drew Boyd | Oct 14, 2014 | General News, Iran, Situations of Concern, Technology
Sentinel Project partners with Colorado-based non-profit Space United, allows supporters to directly contribute to ‘humanitarian aerospace’ goals. The public perception of satellite imagery often conjures up visions of high-tech military hardware or the cloak and...
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 Timothy Quinn | May 28, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements, Technology
TANA DELTA, KENYA — Information security is an issue which has been raised several times in the communities currently being visited by The Sentinel Project in Kenya’s Tana Delta. As discovered during our recent survey of Tana residents, 82% of residents polled...
