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Rumour Has It: Misinformation Management Consulting Available

Rumour Has It: Misinformation Management Consulting Available

by Christopher Tuckwood | Feb 18, 2015 | General News, Team Announcements, Una Hakika

In the course of our atrocity prevention work here at the Sentinel Project, we’ve built up a body of knowledge that applies to many different fields. This includes crisis mapping, security, and unmanned aerial vehicles but our greatest area of expertise is in...
Sentinel Focus: John Otunga Discusses How Rumours Lead To Violence

Sentinel Focus: John Otunga Discusses How Rumours Lead To Violence

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...
WikiRumours Goes Open Source

WikiRumours Goes Open Source

by Timothy Quinn | Mar 7, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika

Earlier this week, we released the first version of our downloadable, open source rumour management software, WikiRumours. An instance of this software, called Una Hakika? (“Are your sure?”), is currently being configured to support our efforts in...

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...

Taking our first steps in the Tana Delta

by Christopher Tuckwood | Nov 29, 2013 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements

Earlier this week, we returned from our first visit to Kenya since initiating the Tana Delta Misinformation Project last month. Abhishek, John, and I made a brief planning visit to get things started and I want to share a quick update with everyone following our...

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