Una Hakika operates in the Tana Delta, one of the least developed areas in all of Kenya, yet mobile phone and internet usage is still surprisingly high. Our baseline survey for setting up Una Hakika revealed interesting insights into how residents of Tana Delta use technology:
Mobile phones and the internet have proven to be ideal tools for communicating with large numbers of people who live in small communities spread over a large area with rough roads.
The key elements here are:
Una Hakika aims to mitigate the harmful effects of misinformation, and our community ambassadors play a key role in this process. They serve as the human element in this humanitarian communication network. Participants are briefed on methods of reporting information accurately, and our ongoing training promotes keen observation and attention to detail when reporting. Their ability to compile and retain meaningful and relevant information so ensures that Una Hakika can act on reliable information.
Una Hakika staff supports community ambassadors as they develop their skills in cultural adaptation, so that they are able to work with people from diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds. This will enable them to report on as wide an accumulation of information as possible. They are also encouraged to foster their interpersonal skills, tapping into their respective communities through their networks of family and friends, and reaching out through local social functions to broaden their networks, all while maintaining strong and healthy relationships with community members.
WikiRumours is a web- and mobile-based platform for moderating misinformation and disinformation. The software is free and open source under an MIT license, which means that it can be used for open, commercial, or proprietary use without mandatory attribution. That said, we're always eager to hear the uses for which people employ our software, so please let us know how you're using WikiRumours.
WikiRumours is the brainchild of the Sentinel Project.
WikiRumours is both a piece of software and an implied workflow for triaging and responding to misinformation and disinformation.
There are several unique types of user in WikiRumours, which has conditional logic associated with each user type:
Role | Responsibilities |
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Community member | Enters and annotates rumours in the system |
Proxy | Enters rumours on behalf of other users who may not have direct connectivity to the WikiRumours platform (i.e. intake from walk-ins, SMSes, voicemail) |
Moderator | Triages new rumours and assigns to community liaisons; can update rumour status |
Community liaison | Updates rumour status |
Administrator | Varying levels of permission for modifying rumours, users, website content, etc. |
Unahakika ni huduma ambayo inafanya kazi Tana Delta eneo moja ambayo iko nyuma kimaendeleo nchini Kenya. Cha kushangaza ni kuwa matumizi ya simu na mitandao ya kijamii iko juu. Utafiti tulio fanya kabla ya kuanza Unahakika ulitupa maelezo muhimu ya jinsi wenyeji wa Tana Delta hutumia teknolojia.
Simu na mtandao zimedhihirika kuwa vyombo muhimu vya kuwasiliana na watu wengi wanaoishi kwa vitongoji vidogo walio mbali pasipo na barabara nzuri.
VIPENGELE KUU VYA UNAHAKIKA
Unahakika ina malengo ya kuzuia madhara yanayoletwa na uvumi naabalozi wa Unahakika wana kazi kuu kwa mchakato huu. Wanafanya kazi kama wawakilishi kwa mtandao huu wa mawasiliano. Mabalozi hawa wamepata mafunzo ya jinsi ya kuripoti habari yoyote. Mafunzo hayo hugusia jinsi ya kumakinika kwa utoaji ripoti na jinsi ya kuchuja habari yoyote. Uwezo wao wa kukusanya na kuhifadhi habari ya maana na umuhimu huhakikisha kwamba Una Hakika yaweza kuchukua hatua juu ya habari za kuaminika
Wafanyikazi wa Unahakika husaidia mabalozi kujenga maarifa ya kukabiliana na tamaduni ili waweze kufanya kazi na watu wa kutoka maeneo,tabaka na tamaduni mbali mbali.Hii huwawezesha kuripoti habari kwa wingi. Pia wanatiwa moyo waweze kujenga maarifa yao ya uhusiano na wengine, ili kuweza kuingiliana na wanavijiji kupitia mitandao ya jamii na marafiki pia kuwafikia kwa mikutano ya kijamii kuwezesha upanuzi wa mtandao wao. Yote haya huchangia kudumisha uhusiano thabiti na wanavijiji.