CAP on a Map project kickoff in the Maldives
A workshop and set of meetings (April 15 & 16, 2015) took place in the capitol city Male in the Maldives. It was an event of the CAP on a […]
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Sahana Participates for GCI 2014
The Sahana Software Foundation has actively taken part in the Google Code-In programme since its inception in 2010 and 2014’s programme was no exception as Sahana was once again among the […]
March Update
It’s been a busy start to the year with lots going on in the Sahana. There’s been some great voluntary contributions over the past months. Tom Baker has been making […]
Sahana This Week
It’s a busy week for Sahana around the world! Fran Boon, the Technical Lead for the Sahana software project, delivering a SahanaCamp training workshop for the Civil Society Disaster Platform, […]
Using Sahana to Support Volunteer Technical Communities
There’s a lot of similarities between traditional disaster management organizations and volunteer technical communities such as Sahana’s – especially when you look at our operations from a information management perspective. […]
Improving Coastal Resilience throug Multi-agency Situational Awareness
Under a well-developed disaster management system, the Disaster Management Organization of a Country should be aware of and should map every significant emergency incident or risk in the country. Disseminating […]
Sahana @ linux.conf.au
Last week I was able to attend linux.conf.au which was being hosted in my home town of Auckland. This was a great chance to spend time with people from the […]
The 10th Anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Marks the Inception of Sahana
“The beaches are purely white, the waves washing sandcastles away on the way out to the open sea, while the inhabitants of this paradise; that in daily day life is […]
Sahana’s Ebola Response
In August the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa as an international public health emergency. Although media attention to the outbreak has decreased, the number […]
Update from the International Conference of Crisis Mappers
I had the pleasure of attending the International Conference of Crisis Mappers (ICCM) in my home town of New York City. I was particularly excited about this event because I […]