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It is the third visit to Desaposhini Public Library from SPACE, a 75 year old library in the outskirts of the city of Kozhikode, Kerala. This time it was me, Nikhil and Indu. The library is important historically, for it had a major role in the growth of Malayalam theatre. In an age when men donned the role of female characters on stage, Desaposhini Library began staging plays which had women play the female characters. Some of the actors later became successful in cinema as well.

SPACE has been working with the public libraries of Kerala in India since 2011 with the object of strengthening their role in the digital era. One of the planned activities was to develop web content creators among the steady volunteers of the library. In the summer of 2012 (April-May), we started conducting workshops for student volunteers from three libraries in Kerala. We jointly decided the scope of the website, themes to be covered and sources of information. For a month, volunteers of the library went about collecting content for the website.

SPACE showcased Insight project for the differently abled at Sangamam 2011, the NGO meet organised by the Kerala Chapter of the Indian Council of Social Work (ICSW) at Kottayam from 23-24 September 2011. The meet was organised in partnership with BCM College Kottayam and ICSW Kottayam District Chapter.

The joy with which children anticipate the two month long break from school in summer is often spoiled by the lack of choices that confronts them once it finally gets underway. The urban solution for this problem-the summer camp, a sometimes pricey but welcome day time getaway for children, is what working parents count on for the safe upkeep of their children. For the children it means much more: making new friends, learning an art/craft or two and exploring subjects that never make it to their curriculum at school.

SPACE rendered its support to the campaign for banning Endosulfan by streaming the protest headed by the Chief Minister of  Kerala V.S Achuthanandan on 26 April 2011 at Thiruvananthapuram. Streaming using free software and rudimentary hardware allowed activists at the Stockholm Convention in Geneva to draw the attention of fellow participants to Kerala's demand for a ban on Endosulfan.