Sahana for Disaster Management
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| Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web
| based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems
| during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing
| volunteers, tracking camps effectively between Government groups, the civil
| society (NGOs) and the victims themselves.
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http://cvs.opensource.lk/
See some recent news:
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| Sahana is Sourceforge Project of the Month
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| Sahana for Google Summer of Code
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| Sahana wins Sand Hill Good Samaritans award
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| Sahana Nominated as Finalist for Stockholm Challenge 2006
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| Sahana used for Guinsaugon landslides, Philippines
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| Sahana to be at AfricaSource2
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A story worth reiterating:
Working Linux Emergency Response System Undermined at Homeland Security by
Microsoft Lobbying
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| LAMP is at the heart of Emergency Response Network Systems and is
| saving lives. But recently, Microsoft maneuvered into taking the system
| away from a Free Software vendor.
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/57181/
Lastly:
Third World Software Could Have Role in Disaster Relief
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| Version 2, released as free open source software for dealing with
| future disasters, allows the system to run on tablet computers, PDAs,
| mobile telephones and other low bandwidth small screen devices.
| Worthington says the developers are extending the system to help
| developing nations deal with a bird flu outbreak.
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| [...]
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| Worthington says the biggest barrier to Sahana's adoption is likely to
| be cultural, with western governments still grappling with the concepto
| f adopting open source software, and reticent to adopt software out of
| the third world. But he says a global pandemic would stretch the
| resources of all nations, creating a need for rapid dissemination
| of information and provision of temporary medical facilities -
| conditions similar to those prevailing during a natural disaster.
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http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;464014852
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