Bookworm Trust

Child profiles and reading

As a part of the Libraries in School Program, an initiative of Bookworm, we have forayed in yet another school from this academic year. This is a school which has almost ninety percentage of children coming from migrant communities. As a part of our ongoing data collection process, we gather basic information about children and […]

Being at Bookworm

Mixed feeling on things have I had, But on one decision I’m glad. Working in bookworm has brought me joy, That will never annoy. To be assigned work by  Ma’am, Whose heart is softer than the wool of a lamb. To find a friend in Gayatri, To listen to Ruth talk endlessly, To watch Jewel […]

When Bholu came Back

Every month, unfailingly we receive a pack of new books that are published by Tulika. Every month there is a scramble to get to the pack first and explore the new books. Every month these new books are discussed at our meetings; comparing, contrasting, commenting and considering on how we will use them, whom we […]

Night At The Library

On 1st October 2016, Bookworm celebrated ‘A Night at the Library’. It was a pajama-themed party that had splendid food and exciting games. All the members at Bookworm were involved in the preparations and that is what made the party so memorable. Everyone arrived by 8:30 pm. We were treated to a scrumptious dinner of […]

BW and Moi

Bookworm!! Yes my first job. It all just happened in a snap. I don’t know how this came to be. I just happened to see an advertisement in the paper, applied for it, got interviewed, was offered a position, accepted it and with multiple thoughts running in mind- place, people, work.. awww I am in […]

World Literacy Day every day!

Bookworm is a very small grounded organisation. This means a small team doing big things. Having this closely knit small team works in our favour because we are very agile. We are very quick to work on ideas, create a working model, try it out in the field, collect feedback and revise and finalize the […]

Teachers’ Day Celebration at Chimbel

Chimbel Community Library run through our Mobile Outreach Program (MOP) is the oldest site in the MOP. From the beginning itself our engagement with the site has been intense when compared to the other sites because of the large number of children who access the library. For the same reason we used to visit Chimbel […]

Interning at Bookworm

It all started off with me passing by the bookworm library on a nothing but normal evening when a sense curiosity struck me. Today, I’m grateful to that very sense of curiosity for having helped me to land where I am today. People ask me whether I regret taking a gap year, but to be […]