Category: News
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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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Virtual Sahana Eden Training for New Developers Saturday November 23 @ 1700 UTC
Our next Virtual Sahana Eden Training for New Developers will be Saturday, November 23 at 1700 UTC. This program was designed for software developers who want to learn how to begin contributing code to Sahana Eden based solutions that support disaster management, emergency management and other humanitarian organizations. The training program will provide an orientation…
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Response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
The Sahana Software Foundation is currently working with our long-term partners in the Philippines – the Department of Social Welfare and Development, which has implemented a Sahana Eden based solution for logistics management of humanitarian supplies, and the Philippines Red Cross, a user of the Sahana Eden based IFRC Resource Management System for volunteer management…
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SAHANA a mentoring organization for the 2013 Google Code-In
Google’s Open Source Programs Office announced today that the Sahana Software Foundation has been named one of 10 mentoring organizations for the 2013 Google Code-In. The Google Code-In is a contest that provides pre-university students with the opportunity to contribute to open source projects in five areas: code, documentation/training, outreach/research, quality assurance, and user interface.…
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Sahana News October 2013
Here’s the next installment of the month Sahana News for October 2013. News and Announcements First Virtual Eden Training Held. The first virtual Sahana Eden training for new developers was held on September 30th. We had over 20 persons in attendance and we’ve received great feedback and evaluations. All training materials – including a recording…
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Software Development and Design Internships Open for Applications
The Sahana Software Foundation is holding its Software Development Internship Program again this year from November until March with up to 4 positions available. 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, Ashwyn Sharma and Somay Jain going…
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Virtual Sahana Eden Training for New Developers September 30th
Join the Sahana Software Foundation online for our first Virtual Sahana Eden Training for New Developers on September 30th at 7:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (23:30 UTC). This program was designed for software developers who want to learn how to begin contributing code to Sahana Eden based solutions that support disaster management, emergency management and other…
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SahanaCamp Vietnam October 29th in Hanoi
Join the Sahana Software Foundation for SahanaCamp Vietnam 2013 to be held October 29th in Hanoi. The workshop will take place at the Institut de la Francophonie pour L’Informatique just prior to an ISCRAM Vietnam 2013 Conference at the same venue. SahanaCamp Vietnam is designed for NGOs, Disaster Management professionals, and the people and organizations that provide them…
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Sahana News September 2013
To improve communications about all things Sahana, I am going to undertake to write a short monthly report on news, events, projects, activities that the Sahana Software Foundation is involved with. I’m also going to try posting short notes more frequently on our blog about Sahana activities and welcome other contributors to do the same…
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Communication and Disaster Management Research Internships Open for Applications
After a really successful internship program over the last year we’re excited to be continuing it. Estève Giraud and Marine Louvigny have done an excellent job as Communication Interns writing numerous blog posts and helping us with some of our user guides, but are now moving on to full time work and studies. The Sahana…