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Virtusa project to aid relief efforts here Virtusa Corporation, a global software development and IT services firm, spearheaded the design and development of an open source system for Disaster Relief in the wake of Asia's devastating tsunami. The project was launched in partnership with the Lanka Software Foundation (LSF) and other IT companies. The system named 'Sahana' (meaning relief), was developed to help agencies, individuals, NGOs and others who are involved in disaster relief to target, coordinate and track relief efforts, resources and centralise the disaster relief management process to ensure utmost efficiency. 'Sahana' currently supports a database of information pertaining to organisations, a registry of missing, displaced and deceased people, a registry of refugee camps, a registry on burial sites, information on damages and a transport logistics management system. The Wall Street Journal published a feature article on February 3 (written by Elizabeth Weinstein) that commended the system. "In Colombo, Sri Lankan engineers working for Massachusetts information technology services firm Virtusa Corp., built a web based application called 'Sahana' that served several pressing needs, registering displaced people including those in camps and coordinating the logistics and supply needs of the scores of aid groups on the ground". |
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