Sahana is a Free and Open Source Disaster Management system. It is a web based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during emergencies and disasters. It provides capabilities such as:

• finding missing people
• managing aid
• managing volunteers
• tracking camps effectively between Government groups, the civil society (NGOs) and the victims themselves.

The Sahana community is structured around the following:

• developers - centered around the Sahana maindev email list and IRC
• users - centered around the Sahana user email list
• Project Management Committee - a meritocracy within the community to provide leadership and oversight
• Lanka Software Foundation - currently handles all logistical and financial arrangements for the project. For GSOC09, LSF will remain the logistical base for Sahana payments.