Chuppi
I am easily moved, I glorify everyday incidents, coincidences as signs to guide my life. At an important place in my life, I found Bookworm. At a time when a choice between good money and good feeling could change my life and my person. I have been facilitating the library sessions at Chimbel for close […]
Stepping out of the Library…
Our most recent update from MOP, Taleigao was that the site was back to functioning within the library space as a result of the ongoing monsoon. This meant that the kids would come in to the library every Saturday at 5 p.m. and the story time and extension activity would happen there, surrounded by books. […]
At MOP Chimbel, we soon complete a year!
One year of showing up in our red van with books, art material, stories to read aloud and attention to children as they get drawn into the web of stories and reading! We are celebrating this month with a movie – Nina Sabnani the film maker and author of Mukund and Riaz gifted us a […]
When I Listen To Children Speak at Chimbel
Voices resound in my head all the time. I must listen. I must share. In the past few weeks the children at one of our MOP sites have said so many things, oracy in our sessions is coming alive and this is what they say: “ Teacher, you remind me of a book .” and […]
Fund raising at Bookworm
For the past 5 of the 7 years of Bookworm, efforts to fund raise by way of a giant jumble sale have been organised. The purpose was to keep alive the core of Bookworms’ work – The Mobile Outreach Program and The School Book Treasury Program. These programs help over a thousand children across Goa […]
Mobile Outreach Program, Taleigao is back!
The Mobile Outreach Programme began last year with 5 sites; Taleigao, Merces, Chimbel, Cacra and Chicalim. This year, we’ve added the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to our list of MOP sites. Taleigao was one of our first sites, and every Thursday, the van would be found at Taleigao Park and the team would […]
Foundations of Education at Digantar, Jaipur
It’s been almost a year since I have been working with Bookworm. Starting as a volunteer on the Mobile Outreach Program and assuming responsibility for the program pilot phase turned me into a MOPHEAD. So I went from Technologist to MOPHEAD I don’t know how the roles got evolved. One of the reasons I like […]
My Mother’s Saree at NAB, Goa
The Mountain that Loved the Bird at NAB, Goa
I have loved the story from the first time I read it and after hearing how the children would like to use paint, my favourite story got a chance to come out. We began with the session with a popular game called, Fire on the Mountain, using the noun Mountain as the key link to […]
Reading Susheela’s Kolams with Pratham Books
8th of September, WORLD LITERACY DAY and Bookworm agreed to participate in Pratham Books program to read Susheela’s Kolams. We read the book at 4 locations on the day Bookworm Library Space – on preschool morning Bookworm MOP – Taleigao – evening Bookworm MOP – Merces – evening Bookworm MOP – Chimbel – evening Once […]