Slides from Sahana Eden talk at the NYC Python Meetup on July 9, 2013

1. Sahana Eden
Humanitarian Open Source Platform for
Disaster Information Management
NYC Python Meetup
July 9, 2013
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

2. Sahana Software Foundation
● 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
● Support development of Sahana Open Source
Software projects: Eden (Python) and Agasti
(PHP)
● Manages a global community of volunteers
● Provide customization, implementation and
support services for public sector (government)
and other humanitarian organizations.
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

3. Sahana Eden:
Emergency Development Environment
Python & Web2Py,
Javascript
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org
● Code:
https://github.com/flavour/eden
● Blueprints:
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrint
● Sandy Relief:
○ http://eden.sahanafoundation.
org/wiki/Deployments/Sandy/Occupy
○ http://eden.sahanafoundation.
org/wiki/BluePrint/OccupyProjects
● Getting Started:
http://eden.sahanafoundation.
org/wiki/Contribute/Code
● The Book:
http://flossmanuals.net/sahana-eden
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

4. The Historic Trigger: 2004 Indian
Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami
● At least 226,000 dead
● Up to 5 million people
lost their homes, or
access to food and
water
● 1 million people left
without a means to
make a living
● At least $7.5 billion in
the cost of damages
“Facts and Figures: Asian Tsunami Disaster”
New Scientist, 20 January 2005
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

5. Sahana first deployed for
Sri Lanka tsunami response
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

6. Disaster Experience
● 2012: Hurricane Sandy, Chile Wildfires
● 2011: Joplin Tornado, Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami,
Christchurch Earthquake, Colombia Floods
● 2010: Venezuela Floods, Veracruz Hurricane, Pakistan
Floods, Chile Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake
● 2008: Chengdu-Sitzuan Earthquake, Cyclone Nargis
(Myanmar), Bihar Flooding (India)
● 2007: Ica Earthquake (Peru), Cyclone Sidr
● 2006: Yogjakarta Earthquake,
● 2005: Philippine Landslides, Kashmir Earthquake
● 2004: Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

7. Users
● Red Cross
● County of Los Angeles
● City of New York
● UN World Food Programme
● UN OCHA
● Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
● Philippines Government: DSWD
● Nepal Government: DHM
● Portugal, India, Japan, Taiwan,
● Chile, Colombia, Mexico
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

8. Aftermath of Disasters
Challenges of Coordination,
Managing Requests and
Tracking Information
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

9. How Can Technology Help?
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

10. Systems can help…
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

11. Hurricane Sandy Response
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

12. Requests… Meals, Supplies,
Volunteers
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

13. Human Impact
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

14. Sandy Relief Site
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

15. Current Needs for NYC LRTOs
● Front-End User Interface for Configuring System
● UI for building forms
● Enhancements to mapping system (Openlayers
based/PostgreSQL)
● Volunteer Management Module enhancements
● More robust built-in CMS
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy

16. Get Involved!
Website: http://sahanafoundation.org
Sahana Eden wiki:
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org
Mailing Lists: sahana-eden@googlegroups.com
IRC: #sahana-eden or #sahana on freenode
Contact: info@sahanafoundation.org
@sahanafoss
http://bit.ly/EdenNYCPy