Book Browsing at our Community Library
Written by Stephie and Velanky In early October, a time when Goa usually receives very little rain, we set off for Cacra, a site where we have MOP (Mobile Outreach program) sessions twice a week. While going down the slope we could feel the breeze picking up and the sky turning gloomier. The sea waves […]
When Konkani saved me!
My first leading session was at Cacra…the night before the session I couldn’t sleep I was as nervous as ever and got up more than a few times during the night. Nervous because a voice in my head said I could do it. Another voice in my head said I couldn’t. So I finally woke […]
Step by Step
It was time for the summer vacations. The children in our Cacra community library looked happy as they would now have time to do things that they like doing. Like most days, we stopped to interact with the parents and shared with them about the session of the day. While we were talking, one of the parents […]
My first day at MOP
Written by Reis Estrocio When I first arrived at Bookworm, it was quite different from any other organisation. My team members Kabita and Stephie were busy planning for the session. I was anxious, thinking how will I need to perform. Will the children listen to me? What if I cannot meet the team’s objectives and so on. […]
Cacra wall painting
Last when I was painting my wall as a time pass I had never thought that the next wall I will paint will be for Bookworm. After conducting an Art workshop for the chimbel children I had developed some kind of connection with them. Not visiting Cacra library much for MOP sessions I had not […]
The Promise
Do you know what promise means? Of course you do and the children in Cacra and Chimbel know it too! They shared with me some of the promises that they had made and those that they had kept too! It was good to know how the children felt about the word ‘promise’. Their understanding was […]
Dear Bookworm,
Written by Sonali Upadhyay Dear Bookworm, For the past 34 days you’ve been a home to me in more ways than I could imagine. They say, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” That was certainly true when I met you, you’ve transformed me over this course of a month and I’ll forever be […]
Spring cleaning – A Learning from children
It was spring cleaning time at Cacra and Chimbel MOP libraries this summer as most of the children were busy with exams. The Resource Persons were armed with cleaning gear instead of books, just this once. We did not expect that the children will be there too, as their school exams had started. At Cacra […]
Thankfulness
From our community library in Cacra yesterday, the 5th of April… Abhay who came right before the story, was adamant on going to the beach so I sort of changed the extension idea I had conceptualised at the end of the story. Our story was Dakia the Mailman, a beautifully illustrated book by A. Ramachandran […]
She has us
As the year gently draws to a close, I have the privilege to recount my last experience at Cacra for the year, that both fills and heals my heart. I’d planned for a symbolic purge to make space for hope in the new year and perhaps, the creation of a personal new year tradition amidst […]