Sahana Nethope

SahanaOpen Source Disaster

Management Platform

Praneeth BodduluriPMC, Sahana – Eden Project

http://sahanafoundation.org

http://sahanafoundation.org/

What is Sahana?● A free & open source portable web tool● Modules designed to address common Disaster Management problems

● A Rapid Application Development (RAD) platform



Main Goals● Bring efficiencies to disaster response coordination

● Facilitate effective information exchange between responders and beneficiaries

● Primary focus is to help victims



Functionality OverviewSituation Awareness

● Rapid Assessments ● Situation Mapping● Incident Reporting

Person Management● Missing Persons Registry● Disaster Victim Identification

Aid Management● Organization Registry● Shelter Registry● Request Management

Communication & Alerting● Email & SMS● Alerting System (CAP)● Android and J2ME applications

Resource Management● Volunteer Management● Logistics Management● Hospital Management● Budget Module

Decision Support● Survey Module



Functionality OverviewSynchronization between Sahana instances.

Data entry through using Mobile phones and SMS

OCR forms ( In development )



Open Standards● KML● GeoRSS / RSS● JSON● XML● EDXL-HAVE (Hospital AVailability Exchange)● PFIF (Person Finder Interchange Format)● CSV● GPX● XLS

Sahana’s REST controller can export and receive data in various formats:



Tailored ToolsTools built around the humanitar ian work flowsRapid Assessment Module – Structured reports using the Template agreed by a group of NGOs working together as the Emergency Capacity Building project

Report generation in var ious formats:Sahana supports report generation in commonly used formats like XLS, PDF, etc.



InteroperabilityExtensive support for Open Standards allows Sahana to easily exchange information with other humanitarian projects.



InteroperabilityConnectiv ity with existing systems

Sahana Eden leverages the Python back-end to tie into existing infrastructure/authorization systems● LDAP● Active Directory● Openid● Gmail● Yahoo!● Facebook



RADNot just a family of applications – Its a Meta Framework

● Building new functionality is fast & easy● Critical for HFOSS

● Python, Web2py● Sahana Resource Controller

● Provides reusable components for use with Modules● Automatically takes care of Authorization and Data export as

PDF,XLS, etc.● Ability to use functionality from existing modules



Requirements?Minimal system requirements to run Sahana – Eden

Standalone

Windows LinuxMac


No exotic libraries or hardware needed.


Requirements?Requirements to run a Sahana – Eden server

Server

Web servers:● Apache● Lighttpd● Nginx● Cherokee

Databases:● MySQL● PostgreSQL



Deployments● Flooding in Guatemala – 2010● Earthquake in Chile – 2010● Earthquake in Haiti – 2010● Cyclones, National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) in Indonesia – 2009

● Cyclones, National Disaster Coordinating Council in Philippines – 2009● Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar – 2008 ● Chengdu-Sitzuan Province Earthquake, China – 2008● Bihar Floods, India – 2008● Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007● Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh – 2007● Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia – 2006● Landslides in the Philippines– 2005● Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005● Indian Ocean Tsunami in Sri Lanka – 2004



Partners● World Food Programme ● World Health Organization● U.S. National Library of Medicine● City of New York

● City University of New York● Naval Postgraduate School● StarTides

● National Defense University● MIT Lincoln Labs● HFOSS Project

● Trinity College● Carnegie Mellon University

● Ushahidi● InSTEDD● Open Street Maps● Crisis Commons● FortiusOne● IBM● Open Aerial Maps● Crisis Mappers● Project Epic

● University of Colorado● healthscapes.org● humanityroad.org



CommunityA global voluntary team of developers and experts including:● Emergency Managers● Relief Workers● ICT Specialists and Researchers ● Humanitarian Activists● Nurses and other Public● Health Experts● FOSS developers



SupportSahana Community Support:

Main discuss ion l ist : [email protected] Eden list: [email protected]

IRC Chat: irc.freenode.net#Sahana, #Sahana-Eden

Commercial Support:AIDIQ - [email protected] - [email protected]


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Sahana● Freedom to use, analyze, modify and re-distribute● Available for everybody at no cost● Open for research and development● Collaboratively developed by a Global community



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