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 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 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 Adrian Gregorich | Sep 16, 2014 | Kenya, Una Hakika
Can you tell us about your typical day as a coordinator for the Una Hakika project? Its my custom to begin my day by thanking God, knowing well that each day is another opportunity given to take my life a notch closer to my goals. I’m encouraged each day knowing that...
by Christine Mutisya | Sep 11, 2014 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
Unrest has been experienced in northern Kenya due to multiple incidents of inter-ethnic clashes and terror attacks. This has not received public attention in comparison to recent attacks in Lamu and residents of those areas feel sidelined by the government. The...
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 Christine Mutisya | Jul 24, 2014 | Kenya, Una Hakika
By John Green and Christine Mutisya During our second field visit to the Tana Delta our team’s focus was sensitizing the community to the objectives of Una Hakika through the training of volunteer community ambassadors. Community ambassadors serve as representatives...
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:
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...
by Adrian Gregorich | May 26, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Una Hakika
Over the last few days the Una Hakika team has conducted volunteer ambassador trainings in communities around the Tana Delta. We have completed four such sessions so far in Pokomo, Orma, and ethnically mixed villages, some of which were directly affected by violent...
by John Green Otunga | Apr 16, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika
March was a momentous month for the people of Garsen, home to The Sentinel Project’s Una Haikika violence-prevention initiative in the Tana Delta area of Kenya, with many high-profile political events taking place here. Interestingly, during SP’s surveys...
