Sahana invites NGOs, Individuals in Flood Relief - Training Session
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yasir ~يا سر
Sep 2, 2010, 11:30:29 AM9/2/10
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** To Everyone involved in Flood Relief
** Organizations and Individuals
** Please attend & fwd to friends and colleagues
Dear friends
I am involved with this great team of volunteers who are all professionals and entrepreneurs in the IT area. Many of these are involved in social and relief work under normal circumstances. They have come together to provide a software solution to the chaos and mismanagement that occurs when trying to provide and plan for flood relief on large scale. The team has already customized the Sahana Eden software (being offered for free) for flood relief work in Pakistan, and is continuing software development to how NGOs, volunteers & volunteer organizations and district committees might better utilize what it offers - a way to quickly manage, match and coordinate disaster relief with many others in an ongoing way through cooperation.
We are holding a briefing & training session on Monday or Tuesday. Please state when you can attend, and help spread the word. If you would like to help in development or other area, let us know. A team is about to visit Thatta and Sukkur - get in touch to schedule a meeting. More will follow.
Best wishes,
yasir ~يا سر
A number of organizations are already on board:
+ The Citizen Foundation,
+ Air Force Southern Command,
+ PILER,
+ PFF Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum [northern Sindh, coastal areas, makli, dadu]
+ Sindh labour Relief Committee [Hub, Moro, Thatta, Makli]
+ Sindh Social Forum
+ Sindh labour Relief Committee [Hub, Moro, Thatta, Makli]
+ Sindh Social Forum
+ Digital Activists Group DAG
we are also talking to:
+ TRDP Thardeep Rural Support programme
[Dadu, Jamshoro, Khairpur and Thar Districts]
+ SRSO [9 districts in sindh]
+ Edhi Foundation
+ Other citizen, activist, environmental, academic, culture, volunteer groups
http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/default/about
http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/default/contact
Sahana's Flood Relief Management effort is led by Azhar Rizvi (TAN America Fund I, LP, MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan <http://www.mitef-pakistan.org> and Rotary International). Sahana Foundation's international team works with a Pakistani team customizing and continuously developing the software in Pakistan. In addition the team includes several IT departments in Pakistan, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), and an initial group of volunteers: Imran Haider (saphirecs.net) , Adnan Masood, Adnan Lawai (folio3.com), Ayal Abbas (Sofcom), Sarfaraz Malik, Asif Hussain, Dr. Shoaib, Dr. Najmi, Hasnain Akhtar, Adnan Masood, Yasir Husain (Media Theory), and Zuhair Siddiqui.
SAHANA in Pakistan August 2010
http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/default/contact
The SAHANA project for flood relief invites NGOs and individuals
The Sahana project is a web-based disaster relief management tool for large-scale humanitarian disasters. The Software tool has been customized for flood relief management in Pakistan, in which organizations' and individuals' expertise, particular needs and pledges, and incidents and relief services are matched, coordinated and tracked. Many organizations are already on board. As more come on board, effectiveness of aid where it is needed, will increase.
Website Sahana Eden in Pakistan 2010:
Organizations, NGOs, volunteers, journalists and activists working in Flood Relief efforts are invited to use the system for relief & rehab, to their advantage. Organizations are individually registered and may track their own work and supplies. Training is being provided to organizations and volunteers to use the software, which also uses reporting through mobile phones. Sahana Eden is integrated with the Pakreport site http://pakreport.org/ushahidi/ to which anyone can send an SMS report. One can send the SMS to 3441 and start the message with FL followed by text - a flood related report, need, or update.
Training Sessions
Organizations may request briefing and training sessions. Please contact:
Azhar Rizvi azharrizvi [at] gmail [dot] com
Yasir Husain yasir [dot] media [at] gmai [dot] com
Sahana's Pakistan Team
Sahana's Flood Relief Management effort is led by Azhar Rizvi (TAN America Fund I, LP, MIT Enterprise Forum of Pakistan <http://www.mitef-pakistan.org> and Rotary International). Sahana Foundation's international team works with a Pakistani team customizing and continuously developing the software in Pakistan. In addition the team includes several IT departments in Pakistan, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), and an initial group of volunteers: Imran Haider (saphirecs.net) , Adnan Masood, Adnan Lawai (folio3.com), Ayal Abbas (Sofcom), Sarfaraz Malik, Asif Hussain, Dr. Shoaib, Dr. Najmi, Hasnain Akhtar, Adnan Masood, Yasir Husain (Media Theory), and Zuhair Siddiqui.
Sahana Pakistan users' group: http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-pakistan-2010
The software itself is expensive running into six figures, and is being offered by Sahana Foundation for use in Pakistan for free.
The Sahana Agasti project has seven [7] modules that address common disaster coordination and collaboration problems. Sahana Eden is being customized and localized at the moment and may have some of the same features:
Request/Pledge Management System: An online repository where all relief organizations, relief workers, government agents and camps can effectively match requests of aid and supplies to pledges of support. It tracks aid provision from request to fulfillment.
Tsunami - Sri Lanka 2005 - Officially deployed in the CNO for the Government of Sri Lanka
AsianQuake - Pakistan 2005 - Officially deployed with NADRA for the Government of Pakistan
Southern Leyte Mudslide Disaster - Philippines 2006 - Officially deployed with the NDCC and ODC for the Government of Philippines
Sarvodaya - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed for Sri Lanka's largest NGO
Terre des Hommes - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed with new Child Protection Module
Yogjakarta Earthquake - Indonesia 2006 - Deployed by ACS, urRemote and Indonesian whitewater association and Indonesian Rescue Source
Peru Earthquake - Peru 2007 - Deployed and localized into Spanish.
Myanmar Cyclone - Myanmar 2008- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Burmese.
Haiti Earthquake - Haiti 2010- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Port-au-Prince and Haiti.
SAHANA Overview
The software itself is expensive running into six figures, and is being offered by Sahana Foundation for use in Pakistan for free.
The Sahana Agasti project has seven [7] modules that address common disaster coordination and collaboration problems. Sahana Eden is being customized and localized at the moment and may have some of the same features:
Request/Pledge Management System: An online repository where all relief organizations, relief workers, government agents and camps can effectively match requests of aid and supplies to pledges of support. It tracks aid provision from request to fulfillment.
Organization Registry: A collaborative “Who is doing what, where” tool which enables tracking of the relief organizations and other stakeholders working in the disaster region. It captures information about the places where each organization is active and the range of services being provided.
Shelter Registry: Keeps track of the location and basic data of shelters in the region. It also provides a geospatial view to plot the location of the camps in the affected area.
Inventory Management: Tracking the location, quantities, expiry of supplies stored for utilization in a disaster
Situation Awareness: Gives an overview of the event and allows people to add information on what is happening on the ground. It features the ability to plot a note and a photo with additional information on a Map, so that people can collaboratively capture the current disaster situation.
Volunteer coordination: Helps NGOs keep track of all their volunteers, their contact information, project allocation, availability and skills to help them distribute staff resources.
Shelter Registry: Keeps track of the location and basic data of shelters in the region. It also provides a geospatial view to plot the location of the camps in the affected area.
Inventory Management: Tracking the location, quantities, expiry of supplies stored for utilization in a disaster
Situation Awareness: Gives an overview of the event and allows people to add information on what is happening on the ground. It features the ability to plot a note and a photo with additional information on a Map, so that people can collaboratively capture the current disaster situation.
Volunteer coordination: Helps NGOs keep track of all their volunteers, their contact information, project allocation, availability and skills to help them distribute staff resources.
Missing Person Registry: An online bulletin board of missing and found people. It captures information about the people missing and found, and also the information of the person seeking them.
Sahana also includes tools for synchronization between multiple instances, allowing for responders or district offices to capture data on instances in the field and exchange the data with other field offices, headquarters or responders
Sahana also includes tools for synchronization between multiple instances, allowing for responders or district offices to capture data on instances in the field and exchange the data with other field offices, headquarters or responders
Past Deployment by Sahana
** Sahana Agasti**
Tsunami - Sri Lanka 2005 - Officially deployed in the CNO for the Government of Sri Lanka
AsianQuake - Pakistan 2005 - Officially deployed with NADRA for the Government of Pakistan
Southern Leyte Mudslide Disaster - Philippines 2006 - Officially deployed with the NDCC and ODC for the Government of Philippines
Sarvodaya - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed for Sri Lanka's largest NGO
Terre des Hommes - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed with new Child Protection Module
Yogjakarta Earthquake - Indonesia 2006 - Deployed by ACS, urRemote and Indonesian whitewater association and Indonesian Rescue Source
Peru Earthquake - Peru 2007 - Deployed and localized into Spanish.
Myanmar Cyclone - Myanmar 2008- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Burmese.
** Sahana Eden ** (for rapid deployment & customization)
Haiti Earthquake - Haiti 2010- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Port-au-Prince and Haiti.
Pakistan Floods - 2010 - under deployment
Tech Details
Developers: Sahana Software Foundation
Sahana Agasti
Developers: Sahana Software Foundation
Sahana Agasti
release 0.6.3 / 2010-0407
written in PHP, Javascript, Perl, HTML
Operating system Cross-platform
Platform Apache, MySQL
License: LGPL
Sahana Eden
r1156 (2010-09-01 07:49:23) (on 03Sep2010 pakistan.sahanafoundation.org)
written in Python, & based on the web2py framework
License: MIT
Sahana Agasti is available in English - Language packs available for v.0.6.2.2 for Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Bengali, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, English/UK, English/US, German, Hindi, Portuguese & Portuguese/Brazil, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish, Spanish/Latin America, and Tamil.
Sahana Agasti is available in English - Language packs available for v.0.6.2.2 for Arabic, Bahasa Indonesian, Bengali, Burmese, Simplified Chinese, English/UK, English/US, German, Hindi, Portuguese & Portuguese/Brazil, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish, Spanish/Latin America, and Tamil.
Sahana Eden information is being updated as the software is being customized.
for more information:
Website: http://www.sahanafoundation.org ,
Website: http://www.sahanafoundation.org ,
Sahana Eden in Pakistan: http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/default/index
Azhar Rizvi azharrizvi [at] gmail [dot] com
Yasir Husain yasir [dot] media [at] gmai [dot] com
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