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Securing the Delta: An Analysis of Rumour Propagation in Tana Delta

by sen_admin | Dec 1, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika

Securing the Delta: An Analysis of Rumour Propagation in Tana Delta

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 Hakika has been mapping and...

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Violence Prevention From the Ground Up

by sen_admin | Sep 30, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika

Violence Prevention From the Ground Up

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 varied groups as possible and local...

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by sen_admin | Aug 17, 2015 | Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika

The Practice of Dispelling Rumours in Tana Delta

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 determining peace and stability. Tana...

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Youth Preventing Violence

by sen_admin | Jun 1, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Una Hakika

Youth Preventing Violence

  An interview with Una Hakika community ambassador Kode Komora What are the lasting effects of violence in the Tana Delta? I think that ethnic hatred has led to unfair job distribution, based on which tribe is in power.  Unstable political development agendas are another effect, as now...

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The Una Hakika Forum

by sen_admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Conferences, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements, Technology, Una Hakika

The Una Hakika Forum

The Una Hakika forum was held on 14th April at iHub in Nairobi. The forum’s intent was to inform stakeholders of  Una Hakika’s one year journey from its  birth and implementation to challenges faced and future plans. One year down the road we have covered 16 villages, have a total of 193...

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Drones for Peace and Protection

by sen_admin | Apr 17, 2015 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Una Hakika

Drones for Peace and Protection

An interview with the Sentinel Project’s Director of Operations Drew Boyd. We’re used to hearing about drones as agents of death, that since their inception they have often been used for the purpose of violence. Why should people be convinced otherwise? Technology has no moral compass, it is not...

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Next Steps for Una Hakika

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

Next Steps for Una Hakika

An interview with Una Hakika Project Coordinator John Green   How has Una Hakika grown in the last year? Looking back at the progression of Una Hakika from a simple idea of reporting incendiary rumours in Tana Delta to a full-fledged violence prevention project is a growth worth concession. I...

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

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

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

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 as rumour reports came in and...

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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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Humanitarian Drones: Perceptions vs. Reality in Kenya’s Tana Delta

by sen_admin | Nov 18, 2014 | General News, Kenya, Situations of Concern, Technology, Technology Roles, Una Hakika

Humanitarian Drones: Perceptions vs. Reality in Kenya’s Tana Delta

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 field of humanitarian aerospace...

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