EARTHQUAKE RELIEF PORTALNATIONAL INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

SINGHADURBAR, KATHMANDU

OBJECTIVES

•Transparency of PM Relief Fund•Bringing up earthquake related public data live

•Emergency Contacts•Public Notices and Press Releases

CONNECTION & TEAM BUILDING• Access to Singha Durbar and overnight stays

• Developers in and outside of the country for volunteering

• We took site live right from the day 1 and improved it eventually

• 15+ developers volunteered in this project both online and offline

INFORMATION SCHEMA

Supply Need

INFORMATION SCHEMANeedAssessment

• DATA MINING - Mining needs from online portals like KLL, kaha.co, other various government agencies

• SOCIAL MEDIA MINING - Mining needs from twitter hashtag and keywords, Facebook posts

• CROWDSOURCING THE NEED - Google form #NepalNeeds for crowdsourcing need

• SEGREGATING NEEDS - Food, Shelter (tents), Medicine, Transportation, Rescue, Manpower

INFORMATION SCHEMASupplyAssessment

• Information about supplied materials (food, tents, medicine, rescue & relief operations etc) started coming in from ministries and we made them live on portal.

OTHER INFORMATIONS

Fund TransparencyEmergency ContactsCasualties (Map and Data)Press ReleasesRescue and Relief Activities VideoRecent Earthquakes

LESSONS LEARNED

• Open Government Data Initiatives

• Single Unified Public Portal

• Strong Database Schema

• Collaboration and proper coordination with private initiatives

• Supply and Need information flow needs to be very fast and accurate

THANK YOU