Book Bus

The Book Bus works with teachers and children in South America and Africa to increase literacy rates. We are looking for volunteers to join us overseas to help reveal the value of literacy and education. As a Book Bus volunteer you will read with and tell stories to young children, dramatising books through art, music and dance. Working with schools and communities and other volunteers you will help to install a life long love of reading.

This unique volunteer project in South America and Africa needs you!

We welcome individuals and families of all ages, from 7 to 97 and all backgrounds from teachers and librarians to plumbers and bankers.

Improve your Spanish on board our Ecuador Book Bus in the Amazon jungle, Andes Mountains or along the Pacific coast……or combine our Zambia Book Bus with a big game African safari or the World Cup in South Africa.....or join us in remote North Western Zambia at a refugee settlement!


  • Book Bus Safari - Zambia to Malawi 14 days Join us on safari as we launch our new Book Bus project travelling through Zambia to Malawi via national parks, idyllic lakes and colourful festivals. More Information
  • Book Bus: Ecuador 14 or more days A volunteer project in South America reading with and telling stories to children in remote communities. Help us to help children discover the hidden treasures books contain. More Information
  • Book Bus: Malawi 14 or more days October will see the launch of our latest Book Bus in Malawi....more info>> More Information
  • Book Bus: UNHCR settlement 21 or 42 days A fantastic volunteer project in North West Zambia. Read with disadvantaged children in a UN refugee settlement and bring books to life! More Information
  • Book Bus: Victoria Falls, Zambia 14 or more days Volunteer with disadvantaged children and become a story teller in the Zambian town of Livingstone...near the mighty Victoria Falls More Information
  • Book Bus Adventures Combine the Book Bus project with an group tour and explore the other side of Africa...from a week long trip through Zambia, Botswana and South Africa to a month long adventure to Kenya and Rwanda to see the Gorillas....check out these itineraries. More Information
  • Book Bus Extras Pre & post project accommodation & things to do in and around Livingstone. From bungee jumping to white-water rafting More Information
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