Sahana Software Foundation

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  • Sahana’s Ebola Response

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    Michael Howden
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    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 of people who have died from Ebola (6,856 to date) continues to grow. Unlike most natural disasters where there is an initial death toll which then…

  • Update from the International Conference of Crisis Mappers

    Update from the International Conference of Crisis Mappers

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    Devin Balkind
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    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 provide emergency management solutions to nonprofits in the New York City area, and I see lots of opportunities for these organizations to adopt some of…

  • OCHA Asia Regional Business Consultation

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    Michael Howden
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    Last week I was invited by OCHA to attend the Asia Regional Business Consultation in Bangkok to be part of discussions about how to improve collaboration and better-targeted private sector support in emergencies. These were interesting conversations to be a part of as Sahana has always sought to engage a diverse range of stakeholders. The…

  • Sahana Strategic Plan 2014-2015

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    Michael Howden
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    Thanks to all your effort throughout our a comprehensive community planning process we now have a Strategic Plan for the next year: http://bit.ly/sahana-strategic-plan-2014-2015 . This is a high level overview: I would like to thank the following people who contributed to the process by providing input, contributing to the discussion and feedback throughout: Devin Balkind, Fran Boon,…

  • VMware Sahana Usability Review

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    Michael Howden
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    Over the past months, Rafae Aziz, Danny Walcoff and a team from VMware have worked on a UI/UX Review of Sahana through a series a of half-day sprints. Sahana has been deployed as customized solution in a wide number of different contexts, so to focus their review the VMware team reviewed the Los Angeles Community…

  • Sahana Eden Software Development Internship 2014-15

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    Michael Howden
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    The Sahana Software Foundation is holding its Software Development Internship Program again this year from 13th October 2014 until 13th March 2015. This is a virtual internship and is open to applicants from any country. This program was highly successful last year, with two of the interns, Arnav Sharma and Somay Jain going on to…

  • Google Open Source Blog: The Sahana Software Foundation annual conference

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    Michael Howden
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    Today Sahana was featured in a post on the Google Open Source Blog about our annual conference which they helped to sponsor.

  • Sahana Community Strategic Planning

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    Michael Howden
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    One of the priorities for the Sahana Software Foundation is to find out where the community wants to take Sahana over the next years and support the development of a strategic plan to guide us together on this journey. A strategic plan will help to communicate priority goals for volunteers to choose to work on…

  • Sahana: The Next Generation

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    Michael Howden
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    Hello All, It is my great honor to have been selected as the Chief Executive Officer of the Sahana Software Foundation. The Sahana Software Foundation is an amazing organization with a very rich history. I have to thank both Mark Prutsalis, who has lead Sahana over the past 5 years, all of the volunteers who originally…

  • Sahana Software Foundation announces next CEO Michael Howden

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    Martin Thomsen
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    Sahana Software Foundation is pleased to announce Michael Howden will be the organisation’s next Chief Executive Officer. Michael served as Managing Director of AidIQ from 2009-2014, and since 2012, as a member of the Board of Directors in Sahana Software Foundation. This is an exciting moment for the organisation. I have already had the opportunity…