Historic Trigger
The tsunami that hit Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, resulted in a massive outpouring of support for the relief of the nearly one million people that it affected. The Sahana was created for information management and collaboration in the aftermath.
Past Deployments
- Tsunami - Sri Lanka 2005 - Officially deployed in the CNO for the Government of Sri Lanka
- AsianQuake - Pakistan 2005 - Officially deployed with NADRA for the Government of Pakistan
- Southern Leyte Mudslide Disaster - Philippines 2006 - Officially deployed with the NDCC and OCD for the Government of Philippines
- Sarvodaya - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed for Sri Lanka's largest NGO
- Terre des Hommes - Sri Lanka 2006 - Deployed with new Child Protection Module
- Yogjakarta Earthquake - Indonesia 2006 - Deployed by ACS, urRemote and Indonesian whitewater association and Indonesian Rescue Source
- Peru Earthquake - Peru 2007 - Deployed and localized into Spanish.
- Myanmar Cyclone - Myanmar 2008- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Burmese.
- Haiti Earthquake - Haiti 2010- Currently working in progress to deploy and localize into Port-au-Prince and Haiti.
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