Category: Blog
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New Software Development Interns
The Sahana Software Foundation welcomes Arnav, Katherine, Somay and Akila who have started internships with the Sahana Software Foundation. Their internships will be run part-time through to the end of March. Arnav Sharma is new to Sahana but has previously contributed to the Apertium open-source machine translation engine. He’s a student at IIIT Hyderabad. Graeme…
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First LEGO League “Born2Build” team using Sahana
Born2Build is a group of enthusiastic 11year olds competing in a First LEGO League Robotics competition. The 2013 topic is “Nature’s Fury” – “children ages 9 to 16 from over 70 countries will explore the awe-inspiring storms, quakes, waves and more that we call natural disasters. Teams will discover what can be done when intense…
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SahanaCamp at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand
The Geoinformatics Center (GIC), attached to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) based in Thailand, invited the Sahana Software Foundation to conduct a 2 day SahanaCamp. The Sahana component of the awareness and capacity building workshop was part of a 3 week long course the Asian participants underwent at the AIT. The SahanaCamp took place…
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The Sahana Ecosystem for Disaster Mitigation presented @ITU in Hanoi
The Sahana ecosystem essentially comprise a community of practice; namely, the group of individuals sharing a common interest in investing their resources towards developing information systems for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery phases. The power of the community of practice approach is one of the main reasons for the Philippines community was able to…
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Sahana News (Belatedly for) November 2013
A belated November issue of Sahana News. It was an incredibly eventful month, and the events in the Philippine especially consumed every spare moment. Here’s the next installment of Sahana News for November 2013. Recent News and Announcements Welcome New Directors: The Sahana Software Foundation Directors has invited three new directors to join the Board.…
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Sahana Eden based RGIMS aids Philippine Government response to Typhoon Haiyan
The Sahana Eden based Relief Goods Inventory and Monitoring System (RGIMS) is currently being used by the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for managing the delivery of humanitarian aid across the country. RGIMS is a web based application that monitors the progress of relief goods in warehouses throughout the country from the…
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Sahana helping Philippine’s Department of Health
Following Typhoon Haiyan, Dr Alvin Marcelo, a long term supporter of Sahana reached out to the Sahana Community to help International Open Source Network using Sahana for the National Telehealth Center. The Sahana Community was able to provide a customized Sahana site for managing requests and donations for organizations and sites. When Dr Jeriel de…
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Sahana Community Supports Philippines Government
In 2012 a the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Philippines implemented a Relief Goods Inventory & Monitoring System (RGIMS) using the Sahana Eden Open Source Disaster Management Software. A technology transfer program involving virtual trainings, workshops and ongoing support was run in partnership with AidIQ and members of the Sahana Community.…
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Sahana Trains 8 Communities in Resilience Mapping Tool
The Sahana Software Foundation trained eight Los Angeles County communities last month in the use of its Community Resilience Mapping Tool. This project is part of a broader initiative on the part of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to build community resilience for disaster and pandemic preparedness. You can read more about…
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SahanaCamp @ ISCRAM-Vietnam Rated Excellent
“Great hands-on experience of what you can do with Sahana eden … at the pre ISCRAM Vietnam conference workshop” – Julie Dugdale (VP – ISCRAM Association) – excerpt from the ISCRAM Community post on Facebook. The overall attitude of the participants towards the SahanaCamp @ ISCRAM-Vietnam was that it was an excellent opportunity and their…