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Aspirations for and Obstacles to the Use of Humanitarian Drones

by sen_admin | Feb 18, 2018 | General News, Technology

Aspirations for and Obstacles to the Use of Humanitarian Drones

Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting-edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates, through its subsidiary initiative Sarus Humanitarian Aerospace. Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and commonly called drones, can be widely used for peaceful,...

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Peacebuilding Radio: Amani FM Throughout the Kenyan Elections

by sen_admin | Oct 25, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika

Peacebuilding Radio: Amani FM Throughout the Kenyan Elections

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 rivalry. In the 2012-2013...

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Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

by sen_admin | Sep 9, 2017 | Conferences, General News, Kenya, Technology

Call for participation: Research on drone policy for development and humanitarianism

Call for participation: The Sentinel Project has launched a new research project focused on the use of drones for development and humanitarianism in the Global South. We’re looking for people and organizations working with this technology around the world to participate in interviews about your...

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Chasing Wind Part 2: The Potential of Drones for Peacebuilding

by sen_admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika

Chasing Wind Part 2: The Potential of Drones for Peacebuilding

(Continued from Part 1) With all of this in our basket and realising the project’s limitations as a team, we started discussing ways to enhance the existing technology used in our work. This led us to realise the great potential in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to bolster...

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Chasing Wind Part 1: Rumour Investigation in Kenya

by sen_admin | Aug 4, 2017 | Conferences, Kenya, Una Hakika

Chasing Wind Part 1: Rumour Investigation in Kenya

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 like wildfire and before long the...

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by sen_admin | May 23, 2017 | Donations, General News, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Help Make Humanitarian Drones a Reality

In 2014, the Sentinel Project launched “Sarus,” its humanitarian aerospace initiative, with plans to deploy “humanitarian drones” in conflict zones around the world. Humanitarian aerospace is one of the cutting edge fields in which the Sentinel Project operates and we now asks for your help...

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The Gift of Certainty

by sen_admin | Apr 3, 2017 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika

The Gift of Certainty

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 violence impacted both the local...

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Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

by sen_admin | Feb 10, 2015 | Burma, Conferences, General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Internationally Recognized Experts Join Sentinel Advisory Council

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 warning, humanitarian response and...

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Sentinel Focus: John Otunga Discusses How Rumours Lead To Violence

by sen_admin | Jan 30, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Technology, Una Hakika

Sentinel Focus: John Otunga Discusses How Rumours Lead To Violence

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 telecommunications in Kenya’s...

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Sentinel Focus: Christine Mutisya's Una Hakika Insights

by sen_admin | Jan 8, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Sentinel Focus: Christine Mutisya's Una Hakika Insights

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 violence-prone Tana Delta in order to...

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Support Peace This Holiday Season With Sentinel Gifts

by sen_admin | Dec 8, 2014 | Donations, General News, Technology

Support Peace This Holiday Season With Sentinel Gifts

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, satellite imagery, the gift of...

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Local Responses to Una Hakika

by sen_admin | Dec 2, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Local Responses to 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 malicious misinformation which has...

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