[DLC]Re: [OT] about Haiti

Sorry about the double post guys.  I just noticed I CC this list as
well in my mass forward.



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Sam Faci <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know a few of these things have been floating around.  It's a worthy
> cause.. read it if you're interested, otherwise.. disregard.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:19 PM
> Subject: [DLC]about Haiti
> To: DePaul Linux Community - Discuss <[email protected]>
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>
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> 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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