Sahana Eden Documentation Index¶
What is Sahana Eden?¶
- Sahana Eden is an Open Source Humanitarian Platform which can be used to provide solutions for Disaster Management, Development, and Environmental Management sectors.
- Open Source means that it is easily Customisable, Extensible and Free.
- It is supported by the Sahana Software Foundation.
- Try it now on our Demo Site
- Project Brief
Where has Sahana been used?¶
Case Studies¶
- ICT for Disaster Risk Reduction 2, Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communications Technology for Development - 2010
- UNESCAP Technical Paper - 2009
- Communications of the ACM - 2009
- Disaster Resource Guide Quarterly - 2008
- Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme - 2007
- UNDP IOSN Case Study - 2006
Available modules¶
- Requests Management - Tracks requests for items and assistance and matches them against sources.
- Inventory Management – Receive, Send and Manage Items in Inventories
- Volunteer Management - Manage volunteers by capturing their skills, availability and allocation.
- Missing Persons Registry - Report and Search for Missing Persons.
- Disaster Victim Identification.
- Shelter Registry - Tracks the location, distribution, capacity and breakdown of victims in Shelters.
- Hospital Management System - Hospitals can share information on resources & needs.
- Organization Registry - “Who is doing What & Where”. Allows relief agencies to coordinate their activities.
- Decision Support 2.0 - Virtual support of posting problems, discussing ideas, voting on solutions resulting in a ranked list.
- Mapping - Situation Awareness & Geospatial Analysis.
- Messaging - Sends & Receives Alerts via Email & SMS.
- Document Library - A library of digital resources, such as Photos & Office documents.
Want to Use Sahana Eden?¶
Try out one of our Demos¶
Install the software on your own system:¶
Read the User Manual¶
- ./wanttouse/userguidelines
Join the Community¶
- Mailing List
- ./wanttouse/ircchat
If you’re using Sahana in your organization, please create a Deployment Page on the wiki to describe how you’ll be using Sahana and a BluePrint Page for any new features that you’d like to develop.
The Sahana Eden team believe in Participatory Programming where the needs of you the users are paramount to what we build - we are here to listen to you & work with you to provide the best solution possible. Sahana extends the Red Cross Code of Conduct in the way that we operate.