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...
by Adrian Gregorich | Nov 7, 2018 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
Last week we looked back at Una Hakika’s beginnings in an interview with the Sentinel Project’s executive director, Christopher Tuckwood. Continuing the reflective conversation, we now look to the future of the project and the universal applicability of the...
by Adrian Gregorich | Oct 31, 2018 | General News, Kenya, Una Hakika
This year we celebrated the Sentinel Project’s tenth anniversary and this has inspired lots of both looking back and looking ahead. In this first instalment of a two-part interview, executive director Christopher Tuckwood reflects on the early days of Una Hakika...
by John Green Otunga | Oct 25, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika
Amani FM was established in Tana River County, Eastern Kenya, in the weeks prior to the 2017 August general elections. The key objective of this initiative was promoting peace and tolerance throughout the elections in a region historically known to have deeply divided...
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 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...
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...
by Adrian Gregorich | Apr 3, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
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. The...
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...
by Christine Mutisya | Dec 1, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
Numerous explanations have been proposed for the spread of misinformation in the world. The most common of these rumours are inaccurate or incomplete information or for vested interest. Kenya’s Tana Delta is a region rife with rumours and in the past two years Una...
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 | Aug 17, 2015 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
The question of the role of rumours in conflict begs an understanding into their construction, channels of distribution, their velocity, and their believability in the minds of local communities. True to any multi-ethnic community in Kenya, rumours are key in...
