Presentation to NYC VOADS - SahanaCamp NYC

1. Making Chaos Manageable
“No innovation matters more
than that which saves lives”
Avelino J. Cruz, Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines
on the use of Sahana following disastrous mudslides in 2005

2. Sahana Software Foundation
The Sahana Software Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to the mission of saving lives by
providing information management solutions that enable
organizations and communities to better prepare for and
respond to disasters.
We develop free and open source software and provide
services that help solve concrete problems and bring
efficiencies to disaster response coordination between
governments, aid organizations, civil society and the victims
themselves.
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3. Sahana Software
Sahana free and open source software helps bring
efficiencies to disaster response coordination:
Reuniting separated families through registering missing and found
persons
Tracking and managing requests for help from individuals and
organizations
Tracking organizations and programs responding to the disaster,
including the coverage and balance in the distribution of aid,
providing transparency
Enabling relevant sharing of information across organizations,
connecting donors, volunteers, NGOs, and government
organizations, enabling them to operate as one
Primary focus is always to help victims
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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
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5. First deployed for
Sri Lanka tsunami response
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6. Core Capabilities
Organization & Volunteer
Registry
Understanding 4W: “Who What
Where When”: Maintains data
(contacts, services) of groups,
organizations, staff, and
volunteers responding to the
disaster
Missing Persons /
Disaster Victims Registry
Helps track and find missing
and found, deceased, injured
and displaced people and
families
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7. Core Capabilities
Request and Resource
Management
Manages requests,
assessments and reports and
helps match commitments for
support, donations, aid and
supplies through to fulfillment
Geospatial Analysis
Provides situational awareness
of all important locations to the
disaster response, such as
shelters, hospitals,
warehouses, incident reports,
and assessments.
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8. Sahana Software Projects
Eden – Emergency Agasti
Development Environment Vesuvius – provides Lost
Supported by a number of Person Finder & Hospital
stakeholders, including IFRC, Triage Management (NLM)
ADPC, APBV, LA EMD, the Kilauea – provides shelter
HELIOS Foundation and others. registration (CUNY/OEM)
Flexible rapid application Mayon – provides Emergency
development platform with a Resource Management and
rich feature set Scenario Planning for large
Designed for humanitarian municipalities (CUNY/OEM)
organizations and agencies Standards & Interoperability
engaged in disaster relief.
Promotes adoption of open
data standards and
interoperability between
humanitarian FOSS projects.
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9. Technology and Features
Environments
Linux, Windows, OSX
PortableApps, VMWare
Translation & Localization
Pootle, Character Sets
Right-to-left scripting
Open Data Standards
KML, WMS, GeoRSS, WPS
EDXL, CAP, JSON, XML
Mobile Accessibility
J2ME, HTML 5, Xforms
JavaRosa, OCR, NetBooks
XO Laptops
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10. Major Disaster Deployments
Wildfires in Chile – 2012
Hurricane Irene in New York – 2011
Tornado in Joplin, Missouri - 2011
Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan – 2011
Christchurch Earthquake in New Zealand - 2011
Flooding in Colombia – 2011
Flooding in Venezuela – 2010
Flooding in Pakistan – 2010
Hurricane in Veracruz, Mexico – 2010
Earthquake in Chile – 2010
Earthquake in Haiti – 2010
Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar – 2008
Chengdu-Sitzuan Province Earthquake, China – 2008
Bihar Floods, India – 2008
Ica Earthquake, Peru – 2007
Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh – 2007
Yogjakarta Earthquake, Indonesia – 2006
Landslides in the Philippines– 2005
Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Sri Lanka – 2004
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11. Pre-Disaster Deployments
City of Los Angeles* – 2011
LirneAsia, Freedom Phone & EDXL, in Sri Lanka - 2011
APBV (Bombeiros)* in Portugal - 2011
IFRC Asia Pacific Disaster Management Unit – 2010
Philippines Red Cross in the Philippines – 2010
SahanaTaiwan*, Academia Sinica, in Taiwan – 2010
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Bangkok, Thailand – 2010
National Disaster Relief Services Center, Sri Lanka – 2010
National Coordinating Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) in
Indonesia – 2009
National Disaster Coordinating Council in the Philippines – 2009
US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland - 2009
LirneAsia, Bio-Surveillance, Sri Lanka and India - 2008
Sarvodaya (NGO), Sri Lanka – 2008
Office of Emergency Management in New York City – 2007
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12. City of New York
Shelter Management
Sahana Mayon – Scenario
Management Defines:
Scenarios
Resource Types
Facility Groups
Staff Requirements
Staff Pools and Shifts
Sahana Kilauea
Family and Individual Registration
at Shelters
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13. US National Library of Medicine
People Locator Project
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14. US National Library of Medicine
People Locator Project
Sahana Vesuvius
Event Manager
Report a Person
Web or Email
Edit Full Person Record
Search for a Person
PFIF Interoperability with
Google Person Finder
TriagePic
ReUnite iPhone App
LIVE SITE at
HTTP://PL.NLM.NIH.GOV
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15. Sahana Eden
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16. Sahana Eden
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17. Proposed SahanaCamp NYC
3-4 Day program in late May or early June
Free for all participants
Program focused on:
Support for jurisdictions and organizations interested
adopting Sahana Mayon/Kilauea
Introducing Sahana Eden to region – American Red
Cross, CERT, VOAD SoCal, LA EMD and IFRC.
Goal to build capacity and a local community to
support Sahana software for your organizations.
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18. What is a SahanaCamp?
SahanaCamp is a program of the Sahana Software
Foundation that provides:
understanding of how Sahana Software can help manage
information before, during and after disasters
a practical technical workshop to provide instruction in how
Sahana Software can be deployed within and across
organizations
The SahanaCamp Program is designed to:
quick-start deployments of Sahana software
build a local support community for local or national
emergency and disaster response organizations
We have held five SahanaCamps: India, Vietnam, Taiwan,
Portugal, Los Angeles
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19. We are looking for Sponsors
Organizational: Support from stakeholders who
agree to participate
Site: We need a donated facility that can
accommodate:
50 persons with tables, internet, power
Breakout rooms
Food/beverages for breaks/lunch
Financial: need $12,000 for time and travel
expenses of facilitators.
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20. Notional SahanaCamp NYC
Agenda
Day 1 Day 2: Sahana Eden
Using Sahana Software Customizing modules
Introduction to and Creating modules
Demonstration of Day 3: Breakout sessions
Sahana Software
GIS, Web Services,
Brainstorming Deployments, Hosting,
Requirements for Localization
Organizations
Day 4
Sahana Emergency
Management System Disaster Simulation
Mayon & Kilauea Next Steps
SahanaCamp NYC will be followed by a 3-day Code Sprint as part of our Annual Meeting
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21. Free and Open Source Software Projects
Freedom to use, analyze, modify and re-distribute
Available for everybody at no cost
Open for research and development
Collaboratively developed by a Global community
Mark Prutsalis
President & CEO, Sahana Software Foundation
http://SahanaFoundation.org
Mark@SahanaFoundation.org
@SahanaFOSS #Sahana
http://www.slideshare.net/SahanaFOSS
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