[Reader-list] Flood Relief Efforts - Disaster Management Training Session

[yasir ~يا سر]

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http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=146854898666492&ref=ts<http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#%21/event.php?eid=146854898666492&ref=ts>

** NOTE NEW TIME : THURSDAY 3-5 PM



on the website check the menus on top - this is the software
http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/

the wiki is more descriptive of whqat this group is doing
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Pakistan

** We will be organising training sessions for anyone interested on how to
use this software. First session will be held at a University in Karachi on
Monday and from Tuesday onward will be broadcasted live to universities in
15 cities across the country. We invite your friends, particularly students,
folks in the media & folks in NGOs already working to provide help where it
is needed.

We would like to train at least 1000 volunteers during the week. **


Time Thursday · 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location Main Hub at NED.
Universites outside Karachi have requested to delay the session for a couple
of day.The date has been shifted to Thursday 19/08/2010

Created By Nayel Noorani, Azhar Rizvi

** More Info

Do you want to do something to help the 15 million (and counting) Pakistanis
affected by the floods, but don't know what to do? Are you already doing
something but feeling confused about what's happening?

Pakistanis! Are you fully aware of the situation in the flood-affected
areas? We are dealing with a disaster that is bigger than the 2004 tsunami
in Sri Lanka, the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan & the earthquake in Haiti this
year.... This requires a bigger response too!

While there are lots of pockets of great work being done, our biggest
obstacle at the moment is a lack of information on what is really happening
and where and how deep the need for help lies.

To overcome this obstacle, Sahana Foundation, in collaboration with the
Rotary & Rotaract Clubs of Karachi Cosmopolitan, Rotary District 3271,
Sapphire Consultants have established an information management system to
collate information from just about every person who has access to the
internet, using a PC, laptop or cell phone. This is the same system that is
being used in Haiti to coordinate relief and rebuilding efforts and has now
been customized for Pakistan.

This software is used for:
- Posting and Tracking affected areas and numbers of displaced people
- Posting Tracking relief items needed in each area
- Tracking the generation and movement of relief packages from the major
cities of Pakistan to the flood-affected areas
- Google/Yahoo Map of effected areas.
- List of hospitals and relief centers.

All this LIVE!

The software can be accessed by visiting:
http://pakistan.sahanafoundation.org/eden/
(No installation needed)
Help files are available at:
http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Pakistan