Mobile Outreach Program Picnic 2013
It has been two years since our Mobile Outreach Program program got started and as often happens at Bookworm, the children guide us. Our Chimbel site children have been requesting for a picnic for some time now. School picnics were happening and somehow a Mobile Outreach Program picnic seemed like the order of the day. […]
Bookworms attending 3rd International English Language Teacher Educator Conference
From Bookworm Megha Gulati and Krystal Cardoso set off to Hyderabad to attend TEC ( Teacher Educators Conference) . This year the theme was The English Language Teacher Education in a Diverse Environment. Both of them learnt, read more about Megha’s report and Krystal’s report.
Connections between Teacher Educator Conference, Hyderabad and Chimbel, Goa
With nine months of MOP under my belt and an enthusiastic mother worm pushing me forward, Krystal and I embarked on a 14 hour bus ride to Hyderabad to attend and absorb from the British Council’s Teacher Educator Conference 2013. In the swankiest corner of Hyderabad, deep amid mega construction projects, engineers everywhere you look […]
Team Reflections
Bookworm team’s monthly March meeting began with a round of reflections. The team felt individually in their capacity of work within the larger organisation that Bookworm needs to incorporate systems for better operations. The growth of programs and possibilities of many more demand better systems of accounting, reporting, communication, financial management, HR and accountability. These […]
When Outsiders Look In
It has been a month of reflecting on how the ‘world’ views our work. Bookworm has been in the news for some significant areas of work. Teacher Plus carried a feature written by educator Jennifer Thomas on our MOP program, the local press through Goa Streets featured our newest book My Godri Anthology and our […]
Bookworm in Goa doot
Bookworm is featured in Goa doot 17th February 2013. Thanks to Ramdas Kelkar.
The Sweetest Mango at Cacra
Tuesday….Cacra MOP! Lesson planning is done! Betty, Sujata and I discussed what was going to be done. Edy sir is ready with the van loaded, books in, stationary packed and a big book just waiting to be read. Today we had Isa and Flavia who visited the Cacra site with us. As the van pulled […]
Article on our Mobile Outreach Program in Teacher Plus
Read the article here http://www.teacherplus.org/profile/tales-in-a-red-van
Mahanga ka maal sasthe mein!
And we did it! We got our mini jumble going at Chimbel. The kids came as promised, took responsibility for their stalls and began to lay out their wares. Then the crowds came. While we know that Indiranagar is a densely populated ‘basti’ it is always surprising to see people pour out of the […]
Looking for Readers!!
The red van, Krystal driving like a happy maniac and a terrified me, we explored the far reaches of Taleigao’s Oiteant area. It is so heartening to find that children recognise the van, call out to Krystal ‘teacher’ and almost make to run after the red van. In a small yet significant way the […]