[DLC]about Haiti

Sahana is the leading Open Source Disaster Management system,  
conceived during the 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami. The system was developed  
to help manage the disaster and was deployed by the Sri Lankan  
government's Center of National Operations (CNO), which included the  
Center of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA). A second round of funding was  
provided by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). The  
project has now grown to become globally recognized, with deployments  
in many other disasters such as the Asian Quake in Pakistan (2005),  
Southern Leyte Mudslide Disaster in Philippines (2006) and the  
Jogjarkata Earthquake in Indonesia (2006).  Sahanapy is the next  
generation of the software.
[from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahana_FOSS_Disaster_Management_System 
]

The developers are in talks with US State Department, Search &  
RescueTeams, UN, Haiti Foreign office in order to provide free  
Disaster Management Support to Haiti.



They need Python programmers and people to do data entry. This is one  
of the many requests for help that circulate:

       http://groups.google.com/group/michipug/browse_thread/thread/e3e7700e7970059

You can read more about the Haiti Emergency response here:

       http://sahanapy.org/wiki/Haiti

If you want to help please contact them directly. I offer to provide  
some training about the software if needed.

Massimo

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