Bookworm Trust

The School Book Treasury Report for June- October 2012

Bookworm supports reading resources in the community and in schools. The School Book Treasury is a program that has been setting up classroom libraries and is now in its 5th year. The main focus is to provide age and reading-level appropriate material, in the form of fiction and non-fiction books to children and schools that […]

A visitor’s experience at our Mobile Outreach Program at Chimbel

Thoughts of Janees Reghelini after visiting Mobile Outreach Program at Chimbel When my husband and I heard about Chimbel, we didn’t really have a picture in mind or know what to expect. But when Bookworm’s red van parked near the rented room where the sessions were held, a sea of happy, smiling and eager children greeted us […]

Booktalk in November – Adi Parva by Amruta Patil

Booktalkers!! It’s time to pick up your books and go through them the way good bookworms do! This month, we’re reading Adi Parva by Amruta Patil, a book which tells a tale drawn from the first chapter of the Mahabharat; from the Vishnu Puraan; and from the tradition of oral storytellers. The timeline is circular. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Art Appreciation with Soumik Majumdar from Santiniketan

We appreciate Sanjiv Mirchandani of Indian Ateliers for embracing Bookworm’s work with children and art. Sanjiv first intimated us about Soumik Majumdar, an art historian who works with children to awaken the ability to appreciate art – as art for arts sake as well as, as a part of the human experience. We liked Soumik […]

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 […]