SAMATO AI is a drought monitoring and humanitarian decision-support prototype focused on Somalia. The platform combines district-level risk scoring, rainfall context, water-source routing, aid-planning guidance, and community alert generation.
# SAMATO AI
## Drought Monitoring & Humanitarian Decision-Support Platform for Somalia
SAMATO AI is an applied AI and data-driven decision-support prototype focused on drought response in Somalia.
The platform combines district-level drought risk analysis, rainfall context, population data, water-source routing, logistics guidance, aid-planning recommendations, and community alert generation in a single operator workflow.
The system deliberately uses a **hybrid architecture**: deterministic decision logic handles core operational calculations, while AI providers can enhance selected text-generation workflows. This keeps essential drought-response functionality available even when an external model is unavailable.
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## Problem
Drought-response teams need to answer practical questions quickly:
- Which districts are at highest risk?
- Where should limited aid be prioritized?
- What rainfall and population context explains the current situation?
- Which water sources are most relevant for a location?
- What operational actions should teams consider?
- How can communities receive clear alert messages?
SAMATO AI brings these signals together into a decision-support workspace rather than treating them as disconnected datasets.
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## Core Capabilities
- District-level drought risk scoring and ranking
- Rainfall-context analysis
- Population-aware prioritization
- Satellite-derived priority inputs
- Water-source navigation and routing support
- Aid-planning guidance
- Logistics estimates
- Recommended response actions
- Community alert generation
- Crisis-map and ranking dashboard
- Optional OpenAI / Anthropic enhancement for selected outputs
- Deterministic fallback behavior for core workflows
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## Architecture
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Baseline Regional Data
Rainfall Observations
Population Data
Satellite-Derived Inputs
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FastAPI Backend
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├── Risk Analysis
├── District Ranking
├── Water Navigation
├── Aid Planning
├── Logistics Guidance
├── Rainfall Refresh
└── Alert …