The Sahana Software Foundation is 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.
Sahana Eden Chair & GSOC mentor Fran Boon with former GSOC students (and current mentors) Praneeth Bodduluri and Robby O'Connor at the 2011 SSF Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal

Sahana’s 2013 GSOC Program

The Sahana Software Foundation is a mentoring organization for GSOC 2013
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2013 Honors Laureate

The Sahana Software Foundation has been named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Human Services.
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Sahana Responds to Hurricane Sandy

The Sahana Software Foundation is assisting community-based organizations to manage mutual aid with populations affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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Sahana’s EUROSHA Site

EU volunteers are introducing Sahana Eden for humanitarian data collection in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad and Kenya.
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SahanaCamps

SahanaCamp™ is a free 2- to 4-day program to provide individuals and organizations with an understanding of the needs for managing information in response to disasters paired with a practical technical workshop to provide instruction in how Sahana Software can be deployed within and across organizations.

SSF CEO on Disaster Trends, Opportunities and Best Practices

On our Blog

NEREIDS selects Sahana for providing Situational Awareness during Maritime Incidents May 15, 2013

Symbols in Alerting May 14, 2013

Europe’s IES evaluates Sahana Eden CAP Broker for adoption May 10, 2013

Los Angeles Community Resilience Mapping Tool April 30, 2013

The Role of the Internship Program in the Sahana Community: An Interview with Mark Prutsalis April 2, 2013

Interview with Eero Sario, RMS Coordinator March 4, 2013

PROFILE: IFRC’s Resource Management System (RMS) built with Sahana Eden

Sahana’s Response to Sandy Featured in UMD Right Now February 21, 2013

GCI and GSOC complement each other, the cycle continues …

Interview with Devin Balkind: Sahana and Occupy Sandy Relief Efforts February 12, 2013

Sahana Videos

SSF 2011 Annual Report

Sahana Eden Essential Guide

The Sahana Eden Essential Guide was written for decision makers looking for an appropriate solution for disaster management, those who are deploying Sahana Eden, and those who are extending Sahana Eden for more specialized solutions or want to contribute to the project. View online or order one today. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Sahana Software Foundation.

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May 15th, 2013

NEREIDS selects Sahana for providing Situational Awareness during Maritime Incidents

by Fran Boon || (1)

NEREIDS is an EU-funded project which brings together Civil Defence agencies and NGOs from Greece and Cyprus to work on improving the response to Maritime Incidents such as Oil Pollution.  The context is the high volume of shipping in the

April 30th, 2013

Los Angeles Community Resilience Mapping Tool

by Michael Howden || (1)

The Sahana Software Foundation is excited to be working in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and RAND Corporation to develop a Community Resilience Mapping Tool using the Sahana Eden Open Source Disaster Management Software. This  is an initiative

April 9th, 2013

SSF named a 2013 Google Summer of Code mentoring organization

by Mark Prutsalis || (0)

We are thrilled to once again be named a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code.  We have had a highly successful history mentoring students each summer since 2006, and are looking forward to another summer of working with interns

April 2nd, 2013

The Role of the Internship Program in the Sahana Community: An Interview with Mark Prutsalis

by Estève Giraud || (0)

To conclude our blog post series about the Sahana Internship Program, we interviewed Mark Prutsalis, CEO of the Sahana Software Foundation, and asked him to share his vision for Sahana’s future and the strategic role of its internship program. Estève

March 22nd, 2013

Sahana Recognized as 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate

by Mark Prutsalis || (0)

IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program announced on March 19, 2013 that the Sahana Software Foundation has been named a 2013 Laureate in the Human Services category. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and

March 4th, 2013

Interview with Eero Sario, RMS Coordinator

by Marine Louvigny || (0)

Eero Sario has been volunteering for Finnish Red Cross since 1998. After having worked first as a software developer he moved to humanitarian field where he had his first mission in 2008-09 with IFRC in the Caribbean managing a hurricane appeal. Then

March 4th, 2013

PROFILE: IFRC’s Resource Management System (RMS) built with Sahana Eden

by Marine Louvigny || (0)

Since 2010, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been working with AidIQ on the development of a pioneering platform called the “Resource Management System” or “RMS”. This integrated system uses Sahana Eden to register

February 21st, 2013

Sahana’s Response to Sandy Featured in UMD Right Now

by Mark Prutsalis || (0)

The Sahana Software Foundation’s response to Hurricane Sandy is featured in a current story in UMD Right Now – which also profiles University of Maryland Professor and SSF Director Louiqa Raschid‘s role in promoting the adoption of Sahana free and

January 18th, 2013

SSF Hiring Eden Software Developers

by Mark Prutsalis || (0)

UPDATE: Application Deadline extended to 1 May 2013. The Sahana Software Foundation is seeking to hire full-time Sahana Eden software developers to support projects beginning in the late Spring or Summer of 2013.  You would be working as a junior