Kids Cook!
I have always liked cooking and baking. However, when it was decided in the September of 2017 that I was to hold “Kids Cook”, a cooking class for children, I felt nervous and excited at the same time. I worried about how I was going to conduct this class, whether the children would like what they made, […]
Stitching in the Library
Besides the books, an element in Bookworm that runs through the shelves, across the walls and hides in secret spaces in the Library, are the stitches. Stitching is a much practiced craft at Bookworm, and each person who joins the team learns to stitch, from hand stitched logos, to collaborative stitching activities, that when put […]
Dream – An aspiration
Every individual has a right to dream. A dream to become someone in life. Some dreams come easy while others take strength to even be dreamt. Some require battles to achieve while others are achieved through hard work and perspiration. Some keep altering as the person changes, while others remain constant. Not everyone has access […]
Art and Craft Thursdays at MOP Chimbel
Art and craft are mediums of expression that make every heart fill with joy, especially when done collectively. At our community library at Chimbel, Thursdays are all about art, craft and books for children. My sessions at this site began in January this year and have been met with a great deal of excitement. The […]
Library football match
Written by Stephie Madurai and Pranita Naik The children came running happily to tell us that there will be a match in Cacra. What had come to pass was that we were expecting a group of Tibetan librarians at Bookworm for a Library Retreat and in conversation with the children, Sujata learnt that the children […]
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 […]
Training and Mentoring Program – Workshop 3
At the start of this, March 2019, we received a Grant from the British Council under the English Language Training and Mentoring Scheme to pilot a ‘ teacher – training’ program for primary school teachers. We have organised these trainings along with our Cipla Foundation supported work with schools and are piloting a Training and […]
Becoming story characters
While stories are loved by all, the way they are told and read have a wonderful effect on the story experience which is reflected in children’s responses. Our recent exploration in storytelling, for the children of our Libraries in Schools (LiS) Program, has been dressing up as a character from the story to be told. […]
The Struggle
Our Libraries in School program runs through the school year with little or no breaks, and plans change and evolve as each week draws by. This year, we decided to focus our direct intervention with a fixed and focussed number of schools, widening our outreach through a simultaneous teacher training program. As such, the school […]
Libraries in School (LiS) Program
The Library in School Program supported by Cipla Foundation was initiated to enable a library experience for hundreds of children in under resourced schools. The Library program includes story read alouds, engagement activities and story books for home lending to children every week in eight schools in Goa (Three Government Primary Schools, one Semi Government […]