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[Tim McNamara <paperless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

If there are any Ubuntu NGO members in the sub-continent, I recommend this
event. Sahana isn't packaged in the Ubuntu repositories, but is a great
framework for developing applications in the humanitarian & disaster
response domain.

My best,

Tim McNamara

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Howden <michael.howden@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Subject: [Sahana-user] SahanaCamp and Workshop - July 2010 - Delhi, India
To: sahana-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sahana developers' list <
sahana-maindev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, sahana-eden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


UPCOMING EVENTS:
-----------------

SahanaCamp
2nd - 5th July 20100
For Programmers and Web Designers who are interested in building Information
Technology Solutions for Disasters and Development

Sahana Workshop "Information Technology Solutions for Disasters and
Development"
3rd July 2010
For people working for NGOs/UN/Government/Other Agencies and others
interested in Information Technology Solutions for Disasters and Development


Location:
Sarai-CSDS
29 Rajpur Road
Civil Lines
Delhi - 110054
India

Cost:
FREE

Applications:
Spaces are limited. Applications close 14th June.

Sahana Workshop:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHkwMEs0QzZmcnQ4YlVHMFR5U1JB
ZXc6MQ<http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHkwMEs0QzZmcnQ4YlVHMFR5U1JB%0AZXc6MQ>
SahanaCamp (includes Sahana Workshop):
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9IcHJ6SlNCWG5COTFfbUVaSExW
R1E6MQ<http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9IcHJ6SlNCWG5COTFfbUVaSExW%0AR1E6MQ>


Sahana
-------
Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management System which was
started in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Tsunami. 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
people affected by disasters.
www.sahanafoundation.org


Details
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Sahana Workshop is a one day event which will provide an introduction to how
information technology can be used to assist organisations working in
disasters and development. It will include opportunities to share
experiences and lessons learned with others who have worked in this area.
You'll get hand on experience using the Sahana Eden
(http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/) platform which was deployed in response
to the Earthquake in Haiti and includes SMS and Mapping technologies.
Finally, you'll have the opportunity to share your real world needs for
information technology solutions to provide input for the future development
of Sahana.

SahanaCamp is a four day long intensive event, for programmers and web
designers who are involved or interested in helping organizations working in
Disasters and Development. You will be introduced to programming in Python
on the Sahana Eden Rapid Application Development (RAD) platform. You will be
developing real solutions to meet real needs such as Logistics,
Organisational Management and Mapping or according to your needs. You'll be
working aside members of the core Sahana Eden development team, who will be
there to support and encourage you along. SahanaCamp would be ideal for
programmers and web designers who are developing solution for Disasters and
Development organizations.
Participants are expected to have existing programming or design skills (and
will certainly learn some new ones during the camp!).

Venue
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Sarai is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies,
(CSDS)  one of India's leading research institutes with a commitment to
critical and dissenting thought and a focus on critically expanding the
horizons of the discourse on development, particularly with reference to
South Asia. We are a coalition of researchers and practitioners with a
commitment towards developing a model of research-practice that is public
and creative, in which multiple voices express and render themselves in a
variety of forms.
www.sarai.net

For more information, please contact michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or visit
http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community:sahanacamp.

Could you please share this invitation amongst your networks and with other
who may be interested.

Regards

Michael Howden
michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx