Sahana Community Building in India

24-03-2009, Sahana 2009 http://sahana2009.foss.lk

Ajay KumarSahana Evangelistajuonline@gmail.com

http://www.ajuonline.net

Sahana Community Building in India

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AgendaSahana – Bihar Deployment by IBM India

RequirementsDeployment InformationLessons Learned

Beginning of the Sahana – India communityEfforts/Work done so farApproach followedLessons learned

Thinking Global, Acting LocalGenerating local clusters of Sahana community for the

Global good.Ways to generate interest and contributions of and by

the community

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Bihar Floods 2008

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Sahana Response

Started by setting up a team from IBM KolkataIBM India took over and expanded Evaluating Sahana & showcasing it to the State Government.Chief Sponsors – Secretary, IT, State of Bihar.Actively supported by the Sahana community members.

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Requirements of the Bihar Scenario

Initial Requirements:Tracking relief campsTracking NGO's supporting

operationsTracking relief material flow

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Requirements of the Bihar Scenario

Other Interests:Missing Person RegistryVictim Tracking, with a view to

capture impact & potentially compute compensation

Donation Management

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How did Sahana fit for the purpose?The needs match with the following modules with/without customizations:

Organization RegistryDisaster Victim RegistryMissing Person RegistryShelter RegistryRequest Management System

Possible New Modules:module to accept data entry according to the

government data capture forms → Designed by IBM

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How did it really go through?

IBM Team does customizations, testing and trains the users around 15-20.The trained officials imparted training to authorized field collection officers identified by District Collectors.After a complete training and handover, government officials took care of data entry

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How did it really go through?

Government changed its collection approachFunded and authorized the officers in the field to collect the data, later to be entered in the system centrally. Data collection two of the five affected districts - Saharsa and Purnea. Central server at Patna, the capital.

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Learning outcomes & Experience

I am a student!I am an Indian!

I am a FOSS enthusiast!I had contributed to Sahana!

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Indian FOSS Community

Source: Google OSPO Blog http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/04/two-top-10s-for-google-summer-of-code.html

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Indian FOSS Community

INDIA

LocalizationAdvocacy

Development

Events Organizational Support

Deployment

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Conclusion

“... global need, global community, global effort, global impact.”

- Leslie Hawthorn, Program Manager, Google Summer of Code, Google Inc.

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Special Thanks to

Sunil Raghavan, IBM India for sharing his insights and experience from the Bihar deployment.Mark Prutsalis, Globaliist Inc. for sharing his experience on Sahana's history and how things work in the DM/EM Area.Leslie Hawthorn, OSPO, Google Inc. for sharing her views on community building.Sahana PMC, Board and the LSF for their constant support.

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Thank You!!

Ajay Kumarajuonline@gmail.comhttp://ajuonline.net

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