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Peace and Technology in Myanmar’s Royal City

Peace and Technology in Myanmar’s Royal City

by Drew Boyd | Apr 10, 2017 | Burma, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology

Since 2015, the Sentinel Project has partnered with Burmese organizations to implement direct co-operation programs with at-risk communities.  One such initiative is Peaceful Truth, an effort to combat extremism and prevent the outbreak of violence in the city of...
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...
The Attack That Never Was: A firsthand case for expanding Una Hakika and using UAVs

The Attack That Never Was: A firsthand case for expanding Una Hakika and using UAVs

by Christopher Tuckwood | Apr 1, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

One of my goals during our latest visit to the Tana Delta was to take a break from our usual routine of meetings, village visits, training sessions, and long hours on the road in order to simply observe Una Hakika in action. It seemed like a great opportunity to watch...
The Sentinel Project Launches Conflict Tracking System

The Sentinel Project Launches Conflict Tracking System

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...
Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

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...
How it works: Una Hakika

How it works: Una Hakika

by Christopher Tuckwood | Feb 17, 2014 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Una Hakika

We’ve been talking and writing a lot lately about Una Hakika but haven’t really taken the time yet to fully describe what it is. After all, what does it mean in practice to prevent atrocities in a remote part of eastern Kenya by using mobile phones to counter...

The Future of Una Hakika

by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 14, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements

In this interview Drew Boyd, the Sentinel Project’s Kenya Situation of Concern Team Lead, weighs in on rumour-spreading in the Tana Delta, emerging trends in our field research and aspirations for the future of Una Hakika. What were your expectations for the Una...

Una Hakika: Insights from the Field

by John Green Otunga | Feb 7, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements

by John Green and Christine Mutisya After a long, eventful journey we finally reached the Tana Delta – Garsen town to be specific. As we are both from Nairobi, we experienced a drastic change in the climate, Garsen being very hot and dusty. The level of development,...

Una Hakika Baseline Survey: A Photo Essay

by Adrian Gregorich | Feb 3, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements

Yesterday Sentinel Project team members working on the Una Hakika project here in Kenya traveled to the village of Kipao to conduct a baseline survey to gain insight into the community members’ sources of information and assess their response to harmful...

The Tana Delta Peace Forum

by Adrian Gregorich | Jan 31, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements

Yesterday members of the Sentinel Project were invited to the Tana Delta Peace Forum held in the Maridhiano Hall in Minjila village, outside of Garsen. The Peace Forum is held once a month and is attended by NGO and government representatives from around the area,...

Strategic Planning with iHub Research

by Sentinel Project | Jan 27, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements

This morning Canadian members of the Sentinel Project met with our new Kenyan staff members for a day-long orientation facilitated by our partners at iHub Research in Nairobi. iHub Research is a leader in technology research not only in Kenya but also all across...

Una Hakika? Are You Sure?

by Sentinel Project | Jan 25, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements

Between August 2012 and January 2013, the Tana Delta area of eastern Kenya experienced a series of massacres between the Orma and Pokomo ethnic groups. The killings took the lives of an estimated 166 people and displaced tens of thousands from their homes. These...
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