Tag: Nepal

  • Building capacity on Common Alerting Protocol for Nepal

    Building capacity on Common Alerting Protocol for Nepal

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    Biplov Bhandari
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    Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) Nepal is in the process of operationalizing the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) v 1.2 – enabled Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO): DHM Nepal Warning and Situational-Awareness System. I have been working closely with friends from DHM in helping to get the system up and running. DHM is expected…

  • Extending SAMBRO for HydroMet Warnings in Nepal

    Extending SAMBRO for HydroMet Warnings in Nepal

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    Biplov Bhandari
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    Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) has been accepted by Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) for disseminating warnings in Nepal. I am setting up the system in their office and customizing it to meet their needs. SAMBRO will be hosted in the DMH main office in Kathmandu. National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) will also…

  • Sahana Resource Management System for Telecom Operators

    Sahana Resource Management System for Telecom Operators

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    Nuwan Waidyanatha
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    Nepal Earthquake did not affect their telecommunications relative to the damages and losses in other sectors. Nevertheless, they faced the challenge of managing the crisis; especially, with restoring communication services.The lessons were discussed at INET Kathmandu. I came to learn that telcos run their own Emergency Operations Center  (EOC) and they need to manage who…

  • Enticing Nepali Engineering Students with Sahana

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    Nuwan Waidyanatha
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    Biplov Bhandari (Researcher and Sahana Developer @ AIT) and I (Nuwan) had the opportunity to present our Sahana work in Nepal. This was at the recently held 6th Mahotsav IT Festival hosted by the Gandaki College of Engineering and Science (GCES), in Pokhara, Nepal. The Honorable Minister of Information and Communications: Mr. Sherdan Rai inaugurated the…

  • Sahana Nepal Earthquake SitRep 3

    Sahana Nepal Earthquake SitRep 3

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    Michael Howden
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    The Sahana Software Foundation has deployed an instance of the Sahana Open Source Disaster Management Software server to provide a flexible solution for organizations and communities to respond to the Nepal Earthquake: http://nepal.sahana.io/ Please contact sahana-nepal-response@sahanafoundation.org with questions or to request  support or additional features.  If you want or plan to use our software please provide some…

  • Sahana Nepal Earthquake SitRep 2

    Sahana Nepal Earthquake SitRep 2

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    Michael Howden
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    We have been stepping up our coordination efforts and engaging with folks in Nepal and from around the world who are interested in using Sahana to support the response to this devastating earthquake. Arun Pyasi is currently in Nepal and has been working with members  of the Free and Open Source Nepal Community to start collecting data on organizations,…

  • Sahana Nepal Earthquake SitRep 1

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    Michael Howden
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    As you are probably aware a 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal on 25th April causing 2,288 deaths and injuring over 5,500 people [1]. Sahana is already being used in Nepal by both the Nepal Red Cross Society and the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (for more information see the Sahana Nepal Deployments…