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Introduction to the Sahana Software Foundation
Ramindu Deshapriya
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Disaster situations
• Can occur anywhere, anytime• Occur more frequently at present and will occur more frequently
in the future• “A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a society,
causing widespread human, material or environmental losses which exceeds the ability of the affected society to cope using only its own resources” - UNDP
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How can technology help?
• Scalable management of information• No stacks of forms or files to manage
• Efficient distribution of information• Accessibility of information on demand
• Automatic assessment and aggregation• No delays for calculation
• Live situational awareness• Knowledge is instantly updated
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Enter Sahana
• Implemented in response to the 2004 tsunami• Sri Lanka’s IT industry (including Virtusa) got together to build a
system to help face the aftermath • The core system of Sahana was built• Tracking shelters, functioning organizations, missing people,
management of resources and aid were some of its features
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First deployment of Sahana
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Sahana today
• Managed by Sahana Software Foundation [501 (c) (3) non-profit]• Three main branches
• Vesuvius: PHP, based on initial code, People Locator features• Kilauea: PHP, shelter registry features• Eden: Python, complete disaster management features