Art Workshop at Chimbel
I conducted an Art Workshop alongside a Creative Writing Workshop at Chimbel. Getting the children to be disciplined was a bit of a challenge for me…the little children who were juniors, were sitting in a half circle around me. On the first day of the workshop, the children were a bit too jumpy and excited, […]
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 […]
MOP at Sandipani Library in Sattari
Sandipani Library is a tucked away in Sattari taluka, at the edge of a village, near the river. It is a little library, neat as a pin and waiting. We met Mr Suresh Zarekar , the librarian at the Goa River Draw workshop and he welcomed us to his community library. We decided that we […]
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. […]
Trees and Books
Being new to the Peter Bhatt site, planning for the session held a two-fold challenge. Retain the existing girl’s interests, as well as try to draw in the boys, who prefer to play outdoor games. The previous session offered a clue to which type of book could be appropriate. The children were distracted (in a […]
Hiring: Full Time Program Assistants
Bookworm’s vision is “To inspire and develop a love for reading as a way of life, nurturing humane engagement in every girl and boy.” We run a Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) based out of our library and office in Taleigao. We are looking to hire Full Time Program Assistants for MOP. MOP carries out weekly […]
I was there!
It was two years or more ago, that a friend of ours at Bookworm suggested we take stories and books to a boys home. This, like most of our work was a new idea and deserved consideration. So, we began tentatively to explore the possibility. We scheduled a date and time and began. We need […]
From Library Member to Library Teacher
During my school days, there was a library coming to Chimbel. I started to go to the library. I was a library member, roll number 14 for three years. From Bookworm Library I learnt many things. First when I started to go to the library I thought it was no use but I was wrong. […]
Learning through questions
This New Year, questions about how children could manage school, tuition classes, house chores and still manage to come to the library sessions, were at the back of my mind. Would books more closely related to their school subjects, satisfy their conceptual needs for academics, as well as draw more children into the world of […]