Sahana: Open Source Disaster Management system

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.

Mission Vision and Objectives

The Mission of the Sahana Software Foundation is to help alleviate human suffering by giving emergency managers, disaster response professionals and communities access to the information that they need to better prepare for and respond to disasters through the development and promotion of free and open source software and open standards.

The Sahana Software Foundation was established in 2009 as a non-profit organization to serve the needs and requirements of a diverse group of customers:

  • Government agencies and jurisdictions at the national, provincial or state, and local levels
  • UN Agencies, international and local charitable organizations (NGOs)
  • Communities & disaster victims
  • Technology companies & software developers

Our Vision is to build and sustain a global open and collaborative community of contributors to information and communications technologies for disaster management, in order to:

  • Support the needs of Sahana customers through promoting and developing innovative open source solutions for disaster information management
  • Support the adoption of open standards for data exchange between information systems to manage disaster data.

In order to fulfill its mission and vision, the following Objectives guide Foundation activities:

  • Help alleviate human suffering and help save lives through the efficient and effective use of technology after a disaster
  • Bring efficiencies to disaster response coordination through facilitating effective information sharing between disaster responders and beneficiaries
  • Empower disaster victims and responders by providing them with the information they need to help themselves and others
  • Build resilience and preparedness through training, education and the deployment of systems for managing disaster information in advance of a disaster.
  • Provide a nurturing environment for community development of humanitarian free and open source software applications that support all four phases of emergency management

Please visit the Foundation wiki for more information about the Sahana Software Foundation organization, governance, board, members, licenses and projects.

Please visit our About Sahana page for more information about the history and capabilities of Sahana software


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