I Remember the Stories
No matter what the grief, its weight, we are obliged to carry it. These are the first two lines of a poem by Dorianne Laux titled ‘For the Sake of Strangers’. I retrieve those lines here and more in this post as I attempt to share a rather singular story that emerged out […]
Wall Art at our Chimbel Community library
By Shifa Bi Khan A task much thought of at our Chimbel community library was to make the front sit-out more inviting. What could be done to bring children in? What would scream out loud that it is their library? A discussion with the MOP (Mobile Outreach Programme) team and many ideas in mind, we […]
Community Library Children meet Priya Kuriyan
It is always a great pleasure to invite all our all Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) community library children i.e Chimbel, Cacra and Bethesda Life Center into our main Bookworm Library. Children too love to come back every time to the library without any hesitation. It is also at these times where all our three communities […]
Visitors to our Community Library at Cacra
By Stephie Madurai and Anandita Rao Towards the end of November, we had participants from different parts of the country, visit Bookworm for a week long Library workshop. The Wipro Library workshop brings together participants from different organisations, associated with the Wipro Foundation and interested in library and the possibilities it holds. As part of […]
Of colours and birds at MOP Chimbel
From the month of November 2019 there are two sessions at MOP Chimbel that stayed with me the most. These are a poetry session on ‘My Many Coloured Days’ by Dr. Seuss and another Read Aloud and bird watching activity based on the story of ‘Salim Mamoo and Me’ by Zai Whitaker, illustrated by Prabha […]
Going on an Adventure
Following the midterm exams and with holidays ongoing, we wanted to do something different at our community library site at BLC. Being a boy’s home, the children generally spend much of their time inside during the holidays and restlessness hovers around within the walls. We decided to do a session based on the story ‘Sam […]
Home away from Home
Written by Blaise D’sa, Library in-charge, Alban Couto Community Library I have a ‘Home’ away from home. A pretty, cosy little nook tucked away in a corner of the Aldona Parish centre which comes alive by mid evening with children running to and fro either borrowing or returning books or some sprawled on the floor […]
A Volunteer’s Inner Journey
Written by Radhika Chhabra I found Bookworm Trust online a little more than a year ago after I moved to Goa from the capital city and I’m so glad I did, on both fronts. Settled in my new environment, I felt a piece of me still missing. I searched for a more meaningful way to […]
Puppet Theatre at the Mobile Outreach Program in Cacra
The days were close to the mid term exams of the children. Most children were busy studying, completing their books and at home there was seriousness and we could feel the children being under exam pressure. This was true for all age groups from std 1 to std 7 children who are very much part […]
Connections Between and Within
Often when people think of what a library session does, they imagine it simply as a session that would help in learning to read, and to build some literacy skills. But how do we talk about everything else that happens when we listen and interact with stories? During our library sessions, there are some things […]