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. […]
We Walked Through a Jungle
We began this site in January 2011 and have gone through endless strife and jubilation in finding a balance. We are not there yet, but the path is getting clearer. Saturday 27th October, Term 1 of Chimbel season ( June 2012 – March 2013) ended. The team is slimmer now that the NSS volunteers are […]
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 […]
Things you can do with Grandfathers Stick – a Tulika book
MY GRANDFATHER’S STICK Story : Nandini NayarPictures : Kshitiz Sharma A MOP session at Chimbel, our site that teaches us something every time we read aloud.We have now learnt that a bi lingual story allows the children to read aloud one part of the text while we read the other.The Bi lingual book allows children […]
Teacher, mhaka test di !
Chimbel, a MOP site that overwhelms and excites me. We are still finding our feet, after close to 45 odd sessions over 7 months. We don’t know the demographic, the population, the profiles, the learning levels, what we do know is there is a need. 100 odd children demanding story and books and even 7 […]