Bookworm Trust

Join a GlobalGiving Workshop on ‘Online Fundraising’ in Goa!

Hello, Interested in learning more about online fundraising and getting your organisation started with crowdfunding? Join me, Kavita Mathew, GlobalGiving’s India Partnerships Consultant, for an in-person, half -day, to discuss: Running a successful Crowdfunding campaign; Social media tips, developing amazing content, excelling at building donor relationships; Using GlobalGiving to boost your fundraising and outreach success! […]

From Read- Aloud to Listen – Quietly

Written by Krystle and Terence Read Aloud – a practice of bringing stories alive by reading from the text, is a significant ​ practice of ​ the Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) of Bookworm. Many children of various ages come to the various mobile library sites not just to borrow books, but also to listen to […]

LEC English 2017

The Library Educator’s Course is a Professional Development Certificate course developed by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts and being offered in English for the first time by Bookworm Trust, Goa in 2017.

Bookworm Jumble Sale 2017 – 12th Feb

EVERYTHING you donate goes towards helping someone read. Reading IS everything! Do spread the word, forward this information to others on your mailing list and let us know of people who could donate, volunteer and help us. OUR WISHLIST We gladly accept donations of ANY new and used-but-almost-new stuff IN USABLE CONDITION such as: TOYS […]

My First Official Trip: Library Auditing of The Hongirana School of Excellence

I was going with the Bookworm team (Sujata & Niju) for a library audit of The Hongirana School of Excellence, Sagar, Karnataka. This was a first experience for me, an official work trip.  Thrilled to be on an official trip, new place, new people, new experience, new lessons….!  So much to look forward to.Auditing, setting […]

Being at Bookworm

Mixed feeling on things have I had, But on one decision I’m glad. Working in bookworm has brought me joy, That will never annoy. To be assigned work by  Ma’am, Whose heart is softer than the wool of a lamb. To find a friend in Gayatri, To listen to Ruth talk endlessly, To watch Jewel […]

Night At The Library

On 1st October 2016, Bookworm celebrated ‘A Night at the Library’. It was a pajama-themed party that had splendid food and exciting games. All the members at Bookworm were involved in the preparations and that is what made the party so memorable. Everyone arrived by 8:30 pm. We were treated to a scrumptious dinner of […]

World Poetry Day Celebrations

The past few months we have been exploring Poetry at Bookworm. For brief moments of time, during our weekly team meetings, we suspend everything to allow words, line by line to unfold and overtake our senses. We seep ourselves into the poem being read, asking sometimes for it to be read again, or passed around, […]