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 […]
In Community, we trust
Written by Sowmya Ravindranath, Library Educator, Valley school, Bangalore “A course in Goa?! What fun!”, said a friend. I would’ve certainly said the same thing if someone told me they were off to Goa for a course contact-week. That’s the thing about Goa. Then again, that’s also the thing about the course. LEC makes you […]
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 […]
Special Sessions in Chimbel Library
Facilitating a session and making it as interesting as possible for children to have fun in the library has become my objective. In the past few months, the attendance of the children at our Chimbel site has been dropping drastically due to various reasons such as tuitions, prayer calls, games and other activities. When the […]
On selecting Read Aloud stories
“What kind of books should we select for Read Alouds at MOP Chimbel?” was my question in a conversation with our Director, Sujata Noronha at the start of October. The response was in the form of another question, “what trends are you observing in the children visiting the library in the last few sessions?” This […]
A Letter to Amy: A Scope for Discussion
I never knew that ‘A Letter to Amy’ by Ezra Jack Keats could be a solid discussion on whom to invite or not to invite for a birthday. This is a book about a boy named Peter who writes a letter to Amy, a very special friend, inviting her for his birthday party. I thought […]
Linking the Community to the Library
It has been three years since the Cipla Foundation (CF) has partnered with Bookworm to support the Libraries in School (LiS) Program in many of the schools and it has been a very fruitful partnership. We have been able to reach more children with the CF support and this has greatly benefitted the children. The […]
Highlights of Cacra MOP in the Month of September
As much as we love to share the love of reading, the children of Cacra in return share their love back to us by coming to the community library at Cacra twice a week.Keeping Bookworm’s vision alive, we try to create interesting activities for each session in order to keep the children’s engagement alive. Some […]