Sahana Eden Humanitarian Open Source Platform for
Disaster Information Management
NYC Python MeetupJuly 9, 2013
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Sahana Software Foundation● 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
● Support development of Sahana Open Source Software projects: Eden (Python) and Agasti (PHP)
● Manages a global community of volunteers
● Provide customization, implementation and support services for public sector (government) and other humanitarian organizations.
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Sahana Eden:Emergency Development Environment
Python & Web2Py, Javascript
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org
● Code:https://github.com/flavour/eden
● Blueprints:http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrint
● Sandy Relief:○ http://eden.sahanafoundation.
org/wiki/Deployments/Sandy/Occupy○ http://eden.sahanafoundation.
org/wiki/BluePrint/OccupyProjects
● Getting Started:http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Contribute/Code
● The Book:http://flossmanuals.net/sahana-eden
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The Historic Trigger: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami
● At 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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Sahana first deployed for Sri Lanka tsunami response
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Disaster Experience● 2012: Hurricane Sandy, Chile Wildfires● 2011: Joplin Tornado, Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami,
Christchurch Earthquake, Colombia Floods● 2010: Venezuela Floods, Veracruz Hurricane, Pakistan
Floods, Chile Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake● 2008: Chengdu-Sitzuan Earthquake, Cyclone Nargis
(Myanmar), Bihar Flooding (India)● 2007: Ica Earthquake (Peru), Cyclone Sidr● 2006: Yogjakarta Earthquake,● 2005: Philippine Landslides, Kashmir Earthquake● 2004: Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami
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Users● Red Cross ● County of Los Angeles● City of New York● UN World Food Programme● UN OCHA● Asia Disaster Preparedness Center● Philippines Government: DSWD● Nepal Government: DHM● Portugal, India, Japan, Taiwan,● Chile, Colombia, Mexico
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Aftermath of Disasters
Challenges of Coordination, Managing Requests and Tracking Information
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Requests… Meals, Supplies, Volunteers
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Current Needs for NYC LRTOs● Front-End User Interface for Configuring System
● UI for building forms
● Enhancements to mapping system (Openlayers based/PostgreSQL)
● Volunteer Management Module enhancements
● More robust built-in CMS
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Get Involved!Website: http://sahanafoundation.org
Sahana Eden wiki:http://eden.sahanafoundation.org
Mailing Lists: [email protected]
IRC: #sahana-eden or #sahana on freenode
Contact: [email protected]@sahanafoss
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