Features

Sahana's free/libre/open-source codebase provides a flexible, modular platform for rapidly deploying information management systems for disaster management and humanitarian use cases.

Categories


 

Core

Organisation Directory

Creates database of organizations to help facilitate coordination; allows organizations to record their Offices, Warehouse and Field Sites including their locations so they can be mapped as well as links to other modules such as Human Resources, Assets and Inventory.

Human Resources

Manages the people involved. It tracks where they are, what skills they have and help ensure that everyone is effectively engaged with the work that needs to be done; includes both staff and volunteer management capabilities.

Projects/4W

By telling you Who’s Doing What, Where, and When, Sahana Eden provides a valuable tool to help organizations responding to disasters know where the greatest needs are and coordinate with others who are engaged in similar work.


 

Emergency

Alerting

Plan for different scenarios, including recording what human resources, assets, facilities and tasks will be needed to effectively respond.

Shelters

Manages information about the location and status of temporary shelters, including resources required, staff and volunteers assigned to the shelter, and provides a check-in/check-out system for shelterees and their families allowing persons to be tracked and shelter populations to be monitored.

Incidents

Plan for different scenarios, including recording what human resources, assets, facilities and tasks will be needed to effectively respond.


 

Health

Health Facilities

Plan for different scenarios, including recording what human resources, assets, facilities and tasks will be needed to effectively respond.

Disease Tracking

Manages information about the location and status of temporary shelters, including resources required, staff and volunteers assigned to the shelter, and provides a check-in/check-out system for shelterees and their families allowing persons to be tracked and shelter populations to be monitored.

Patient Tracking

Manages information about the location and status of temporary shelters, including resources required, staff and volunteers assigned to the shelter, and provides a check-in/check-out system for shelterees and their families allowing persons to be tracked and shelter populations to be monitored.


 

Logistics

Assets

Manages assets such as vehicles, communications equipment and generators; tracks where they are, who they have been assigned to, and what condition they are in. This ensures that assets are used effectively and efficiently.

Warehouses

Record and automates transactions for sending and receiving shipments; supports multiple Catalogs of Items as well as providing alternative items to ensure more effective use of supplies. Allows organizations to manage requests, donations and warehouses.

Requests

Plan for different scenarios, including recording what human resources, assets, facilities and tasks will be needed to effectively respond.


 

Population

Demographics

Manages assets such as vehicles, communications equipment and generators; tracks where they are, who they have been assigned to, and what condition they are in. This ensures that assets are used effectively and efficiently.

Risks

Record and automates transactions for sending and receiving shipments; supports multiple Catalogs of Items as well as providing alternative items to ensure more effective use of supplies. Allows organizations to manage requests, donations and warehouses.

Outreach

Plan for different scenarios, including recording what human resources, assets, facilities and tasks will be needed to effectively respond.

Assessments

Collects and analyzes information from assessments to help organizations more effectively plan their disaster management activities. Data can either be entered into an interactive web form or imported via an Excel template.


 

Collaboration

Messaging

Provides support for messages to be sent by Email, SMS, Twitter and Google Talk. Distribution Groups can be set up to allow messages to be easily sent to many people at once.  Interactive messages allow people to send short message queries to Sahana Eden and receive automatic responses.

Documents

Sahana Eden has fully integrated mapping functionality which allows any location-based data to be visualized on a map. Maps provide situational awareness which is essential when either planning to prepare for or respond to a disaster.

Mapping

Sahana Eden has fully integrated mapping functionality which allows any location-based data to be visualized on a map. Maps provide situational awareness which is essential when either planning to prepare for or respond to a disaster.