23th of December 2004 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and New Haven, Connecticut
TuKsi Koti la Rangi A Swahili Gift That's Fun and Free Children in East Africa face many barriers to learning the computer skills that will prepare them to thrive in the global economy. Today, the first Swahili-language software for children is being released, the result of a collaboration between the Kamusi Project at Yale University and the Open Swahili Localization Project (OSLP) at the University of Dar es Salaam. The software is a complete Swahili adaptation of Tux Paint, a popular free and open source drawing program for children. Read more: http://www.o.ne.tz/tuxpaint Acknowledments: Swahili Tux Paint was possible thanks to the help of Bill Kendrick (Tux Paint main developer, New breed software), John Popplewell (Win32 Tux Paint build) and David Fraser (Pootle). Special thanks to Bill for e-mailing after the release of Jambo OpenOffice.org, all the energy to you and your family in these difficult days! _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [email protected] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
