SSF NYC VOADS January 2012

Making Chaos Manageable

“No innovation matters morethan that which saves lives”

Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippineson the use of Sahana following disastrous mudslides in 2005

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The Sahana Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of saving lives by providing information management solutions that enable organizations and communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters.

We develop free and open source software and provide services that help solve concrete problems and bring efficiencies to disaster response coordination between governments, aid organizations, civil society and the victims themselves.

Sahana Software Foundation

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Sahana Software

Sahana free and open source software helps bring efficiencies to disaster response coordination:

Reuniting separated families through registering missing and found persons

Tracking and managing requests for help from individuals and organizations

Tracking organizations and programs responding to the disaster, including the coverage and balance in the distribution of aid, providing transparency

Enabling relevant sharing of information across organizations, connecting donors, volunteers, NGOs, and government organizations, enabling them to operate as one

Primary focus is always to help victims

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The Historic Trigger 2004 :Indian Ocean

Earthquake & TsunamiAt least 226,000 dead

Up to 5 million people lost their homes, or access to food and water

1 million people left without a means to make a living

At least $7.5 billion in the cost of damages

“Facts and Figures Asian Tsunami Disaster” :New Scientist, 20 January 2005

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First deployed for Sri Lanka tsunami response

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Core Capabilities

Organization & Volunteer Registry

Understanding 4W “Who What :Where When” Maintains data :(contacts, services) of groups, organizations, staff, and volunteers responding to the disaster

Missing Persons / Disaster Victims Registry

Helps track and find missing and found, deceased, injured and displaced people and families

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Core Capabilities

Request and Resource Management

Manages requests, assessments and reports and helps match commitments for support, donations, aid and supplies through to fulfillment

Geospatial Analysis

Provides situational awareness of all important locations to the disaster response, such as shelters, hospitals, warehouses, incident reports, and assessments.

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Sahana Software ProjectsEden – Emergency Development Environment

Supported by a number of stakeholders, including IFRC, ADPC, APBV, LA EMD, the HELIOS Foundation and others.

Flexible rapid application development platform with a rich feature set

Designed for humanitarian organizations and agencies engaged in disaster relief.

Agasti

Vesuvius – provides Lost Person Finder & Hospital Triage Management (NLM)

Kilauea – provides shelter registration (CUNY/OEM)

Mayon – provides Emergency Resource Management and Scenario Planning for large municipalities (CUNY/OEM)

Standards & Interoperability

Promotes adoption of open data standards and interoperability between humanitarian FOSS projects.

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Technology and Features

EnvironmentsLinux, Windows, OSXPortableApps, VMWare

Translation & LocalizationPootle, Character SetsRight-to-left scripting

Open Data StandardsKML, WMS, GeoRSS, WPSEDXL, CAP, JSON, XML

Mobile AccessibilityJ2ME, HTML 5, XformsJavaRosa, OCR, NetBooksXO Laptops

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Major Disaster DeploymentsWildfires in Chile – 2012Hurricane Irene in New York – 2011Tornado in Joplin, Missouri - 2011Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan – 2011Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand - 2011Flooding in Colombia – 2011Flooding in Venezuela – 2010Flooding in Pakistan – 2010Hurricane in Veracruz, Mexico – 2010Earthquake in Chile – 2010Earthquake in Haiti – 2010Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar – 2008Chengdu-Sitzuan Province Earthquake, China – 2008Bihar Floods, India – 2008Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh – 2007Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia – 2006Landslides in the Philippines– 2005Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Sri Lanka – 2004

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Pre-Disaster DeploymentsCity of Los Angeles* – 2011LirneAsia, Freedom Phone & EDXL, in Sri Lanka - 2011APBV (Bombeiros)* in Portugal - 2011IFRC Asia Pacific Disaster Management Unit – 2010Philippines Red Cross in the Philippines – 2010SahanaTaiwan*, Academia Sinica, in Taiwan – 2010Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand – 2010National Disaster Relief Services Center, Sri Lanka – 2010National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) in Indonesia – 2009 National Disaster Coordinating Council in the Philippines – 2009US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland - 2009LirneAsia, Bio-Surveillance, Sri Lanka and India - 2008Sarvodaya (NGO), Sri Lanka – 2008Office of Emergency Management in New York City – 2007

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City of New YorkShelter Management

Sahana Mayon – Scenario Management Defines:

Scenarios

Resource Types

Facility Groups

Staff Requirements

Staff Pools and Shifts

Sahana Kilauea

Family and Individual Registration at Shelters

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US National Library of MedicinePeople Locator Project

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US National Library of MedicinePeople Locator Project

Sahana Vesuvius

Event Manager

Report a Person

Web or Email

Edit Full Person Record

Search for a Person

PFIF Interoperability with Google Person Finder

TriagePic

ReUnite iPhone App

LIVE SITE at HTTP //PL.NLM.NIH.GOV:

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Sahana Eden

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Sahana Eden

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Proposed SahanaCamp NYC

3-4 Day program in late May or early June

Free for all participants

Program focused on:Support for jurisdictions and organizations interested adopting Sahana Mayon/Kilauea

Introducing Sahana Eden to region – American Red Cross, CERT, VOAD SoCal, LA EMD and IFRC.

Goal to build capacity and a local community to support Sahana software for your organizations.

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What is a SahanaCamp?SahanaCamp is a program of the Sahana Software Foundation that provides :

understanding of how Sahana Software can help manage information before, during and after disasters

a practical technical workshop to provide instruction in how Sahana Software can be deployed within and across organizations

The SahanaCamp Program is designed to:quick-start deployments of Sahana software

build a local support community for local or national emergency and disaster response organizations

We have held five SahanaCamps India, Vietnam, Taiwan, :Portugal, Los Angeles

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We are looking for Sponsors

Organizational Support from stakeholders who :agree to participate

Site We need a donated facility that can :accommodate:

50 persons with tables, internet, power

Breakout rooms

Food/beverages for breaks/lunch

Financial need $12,000 for time and travel :expenses of facilitators.

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Notional SahanaCamp NYC Agenda

Day 1

Using Sahana Software

Introduction to and Demonstration of Sahana Software

Brainstorming Requirements for Organizations

Sahana Emergency Management System

Mayon & Kilauea

Day 2 Sahana Eden:Customizing modules

Creating modules

Day 3 Breakout sessions:GIS, Web Services, Deployments, Hosting, Localization

Day 4

Disaster Simulation

Next Steps

SahanaCamp NYC will be followed by a 3-day Code Sprint as part of our Annual Meeting

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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

Mark Prutsalis

President & CEO, Sahana Software Foundation

http //SahanaFoundation.org:[email protected]

@SahanaFOSS Sahana#http //www.slideshare.net/SahanaFOSS:

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