Philippines uses open source for disaster management

04.05.2006
The Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Committee (NDCC) is working with IBM Corp. in building an online disaster management system running on open-source technology.

IBM Philippines is collaborating with teams from the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and telecom firm Smart Communications in customizing for the NDCC a software called 'Sahana.'

Sahana -- a Sinhalese word for relief -- is a free and open source disaster management system developed in the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami in December of 2004.