Communicare’s Library has a collection of over 1,500 books in various languages. Over the years, this collection has been built through contributions from Trust members and generous donations from our well-wishers.

The library includes books in Portuguese, English, French, Konkani, Hindi, Russian, German, and Spanish. The collection features novels, children’s activity books, poetry, and magazines, with a predominant focus on children’s storybooks.

In Goa, Portuguese is taught as a third language in schools. However, students often choose Konkani or Marathi over Portuguese. Those who wish to practice Portuguese face a shortage of available learning materials.

To address this issue, our trust launched the ‘Mobile Library’ project. This initiative began, with the support of Fundação Oriente, as a pilot project at Sharada Mandir, with 50 Portuguese books. These included storybooks and activity books for students learning the language. Books were delivered quarterly, with each batch being replaced by a new set.

The following year, the project expanded to four higher secondary schools:

  • Carmel’s Higher Secondary School, Nuvem
  • Fr. Agnelo HSS, Nuvem
  • Fatima Convent HSS, Margão
  • Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim

Over the years, the demand from schools has increased. In the academic year of 2025/2026, we are reaching to ten schools, two of which included both high school and higher secondary sections. This meant delivering eleven boxes of books, totalling 425 books, to:

  • Fr. Agnelo Multipurpose High and Higher Secondary School, Nuvem
  • Carmel’s Higher Secondary School, Nuvem
  • Fatima Convent High School, Margão
  • Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim
  • Loyola High and Higher Secondary School, Margão
  • St. Theresa’s High School, Vasco da Gama
  • St. Andrew’s High School, ICSE, Vasco da Gama
  • St. Andrew’s Higher Secondary School, Vasco da Gama
  • Regina Mundi High School, Chicalim
  • Presentation Convent High School, Margao

Through this initiative, a total of around 600 students now have access to Portuguese books throughout the academic year.