Doctor Sex Talk
Written by Meenal Childhood sexuality – a topic that till today is a hush-hush point of discussion in many families, and to a certain extent a taboo in many communities, is something that very few of us have knowledge about. The moment we hear the word sexuality, we tend to relate it to an individual’s […]
Mobile Outreach Program – Junior – Report – October 2014
MOP (Mobile Outreach Program) Junior, an extension of Bookworm’s Mobile Outreach Program started in the month of February, 2014. It first began at the Tonca Site where numerous toddlers were visible and soon travelled to St. Inez and Taleigao and most recently, about two months back to Chimbel. Presently, MOP Junior operates in all 4 […]
Libraries in Schools – FIRST TERM Summary 2014 – 15
Mobile Outreach Program’s 3rd Anniversary and new MOP site at Padri Bhatt
THREE years ago, around this time of the year; we started the Mobile Outreach Program ( MOP). From then the program has grown in many ways; Pedagogy, Programming, Administration, Reporting and Feedback have been improved and evolved to achieve the vision of the program of taking books to children in underprivileged communities who deserve it […]
My experience with Libraries in Schools program
Written by Sabina My work on the Bookworm Library in School program ( LiS ) is to have a good lending and returning of books in the short time we get during Library period. The process is possible because in every respective classes of Auxilium , Caranzalem name tags have been made for children. The […]
Accessorize with Cerina
Written by Deepali based on Cerina of Cericulture’s report In a chance meeting during a Seminar, I was invited to do an art based workshop at Bookworm. I readily agreed to this opportunity to expend and spread my creativity. It was a Wednesday, bang in the middle of the week, armed with a bag of […]
Yeta
Like many rich languages of the world, Konkani does not have a word that easily fits good bye. For our MOP site in Cacra, Goa, that has been such a special thing. When we left in 2013, we said ‘ yeta’ to our children. Literally meaning we will be back but metaphorically meaning we are […]
My first experience at Cacra Village…
Written by Melcom Braganza After completing Taligao MOP Junior, We ( Jewel, Niju and I) set out to pay a visit to Cacra for the first time. I was super excited to go Cacra Village. I heard about Cacra village at the Goa University where I study and also from the Bookworm team. The moment […]
Bindi Su visiting schools…
Written by Barkha Over the last month we read aloud the story of ‘Bindi Su’ across standard I in all 4 schools. Bindi Su is a little red car who doesn’t want to stop! Bindi Su is the first of a series of ‘early readers’ children’s books to be published by Bookworm. The aim of […]
Gandhi – Pictures and Stories…
Ahead of the Swachh Bharat campaign which was launched on 2nd October, I was cleaning out the shelves at Bookworm, collecting all the Gandhi book we have and looking forward to a week of reflection and remembering the Mahatma. When we first procured Picture Gandhi written by Sandhya Rao and published by Tulika, Chennai; we […]