GCompris in India - An Example of Its Global Spread, from a Contributor's Perspective.

In this video, we talk to Aiśwarya Kaitheri Kandoth (Aish) who tells us about the growth of free software in Kerala, India, and of her role in the take-up and evolution of GCompris in schools there.

Timestamps and sections' names:
00:43: Take-up of free software and GCompris in Kerala
02:34 Access to computers - how GCompris got rooted there
05:50 Access during the pandemic
07:09 Translating Malalayam and getting financial support
10:10 Contributing to GCompris for special needs
11:41 Getting the new version into schools
13:46 Maintaining the activities and keeping in touch with users
16:00 KDE Networks globally
16:43 How to contribute to GCompris

Links:

All 'Insights' videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CJYn40gN6ge6LFm39z6QB_jUefkboa6

About the hosts:
Aiśwarya Kaitheri Kandoth (Aish) is an electronic engineer and a developer. She has been contributing code and Malayalam translations to GCompris since 2018. She also contributes to several other Free Software projects. Aish now lives in France with her husband, Timothée, and their child.

Frances Tait works for KDAB since 2012 when she was hired to help make the Qt Developer Days event happen. Since then she has worked on multiple marketing tasks including creating customer showcases and taking care of KDAB's partners and collaborators.

More about GCompris:
GCompris is a free and open source, high quality, educational software suite for kids aged 2 – 10, that’s built with Qt.

It was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit was initiated by Bruno Coudoin in 2014.

GCompris is used as a teaching aid worldwide. It is available in multiple languages and has global users estimated to be in the millions. With its multiple datasets, GCompris Activities can be adjusted to fit pupil’s learning needs, and fitted into their existing lesson plans, individually or in groups.

Aside from its benefit as an addition to any teaching curriculum, GCompris is proven to be especially helpful for children with learning difficulties or neurological differences. Its content is non violent, quieter, and free from distractions like pop-ups or advertisements. It has also been designed to be non-addictive. https://gcompris.net/index-en.html

These days, GCompris is a project under the umbrella of KDE, a long-term partner of KDAB.

About KDE:
KDE is an international community supporting the cooperative development and distribution of Free, Open Source Software for desktop and portable computing: https://kde.org/

About KDAB:
KDAB offers experienced software experts to help you deliver functional, high-performing, and innovative software across embedded, mobile, and desktop platforms for projects using C++, Qt, QML/Qt Quick, OpenGL, Qt 3D, and more: https://www.kdab.com/software-services

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