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• Amazing times at Zweilepili!
  So the final week of the holiday is over and we have had the best week at Zwielepili Centre of Excellence! (Zwielepili is the Lozi word for progress)The posh sounding name belies the true state of thi... Read more
• Chaos to calm and back again!!
  Over four months without rain now and the days are getting hotter and hotter. Winter is over and the summer is well on its way here in Zambia!
  Two more weeks of holiday have passed and they couldn’t h... Read more
• Team Chaos at Maanu Mbwami!!
  The holidays have begun. We spent the first week at Maanu Mbwami community school and we had one of the best weeks since the Bookbus began! Monday we arrived at school not knowing what to expect. How... Read more
• ENJOYING THE EVERYDAY STORIES
  Big Hellooooooo!!! to all of you. The Book Bus going around and around Puerto López. It is exciting to see that the bus causes so much happines to children at the schools. We have had a very intere... Read more
• New Books, Atlases and Lwiindi!!
  As I’m sure many of you know this project isn’t just about teaching children to read, it’s so much more than that. We aim to encourage children to use their imagination, to become individuals using cr... Read more
• Celebrating with books
  Hi!!! friends of the book bus in the world. We had an exciting week indeed. We had the regular activies at the schools on the north of Puerto López. It is really rewarding to meet some children tha... Read more
• Book Bus Ecuador 2
  Another week and here we are!!!!! doing our best to have more kids reading in this area. This week we had the ordinary timetable. As a team thought that the best way to motivate is not have a mass... Read more
• Book Bus Ecuador 1
  A warm hello to all of you from Puerto López.
  
  The Book Bus is spending 2 months here. We started the volunteer work this past week and had two girls on the team. There was a school break so, we g... Read more
• Botswana Road Trip & the Bus is back!!
  The bus is back in service! We have had the bus raised and now it can pass some of the Zambian potholed roads and reach the schools we are visiting this year! We have been using it again the past 2 we... Read more
• Wintertime, The World Cup and Our Timetable!
  Zambian winter is here again! Temperatures at night are plummeting but everyday dawns bright and clear. The sessions at school now take place in the sunshine as the shade is far too cold! Daytime temp... Read more