The Book Bus charity, helping children in Africa, Asia and South America

Africa

Charlie & Matilda

Since 2008 Charlie Book Bus has worked with disadvantaged children in schools near Livingstone and the UNHCR Settlement in Zambia. In 2010 we also started visiting schools near Blantyre in Malawi with Matilda Book Bus. Project page Africa Blog

India

Recently launched

Our latest Book Bus project has begun in India and is already proving a great success. We have established strong links with a literacy organisation in the country and have started to work with a cluster of five schools in Rajasthan.
Project page India Blog

South America

BISEE Book Bus

BISEE Books Bus has been working with schools in Ecuador since 2010. This Spanish Language project has been active in the Amazon, Andes and coastal regions of the country.

Project page S.America Blog

Our Mission

Improving children's lives one book at a time.

The Book bus operates in Africa, Asia and South America The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa, Asia and South America by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them.

The Book Bus is currently working to improve literacy rates at a community level in Zambia, Malawi and Ecuador. Our library work, book donations and assisted reading programme is helping strengthen the reading culture in schools resulting in a more confident reading population that is better equipped for the future.

Thanks to the support of our generous donors and enthusiastic volunteers the Book Bus has been able to make a real difference to many needy communities in Africa, Asia and South America. Please explore our website to discover how you can help us keep the Book Bus literacy campaign in motion.
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Sir Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake Book Bus Trustee Quentin Blake illustration for the Book Bus Sir Quentin Blake, Trustee, is one of Britain’s best loved children’s authors and illustrators. The Book Bus is fortunate to have Quentin personally design and illustrate the artwork that makes our buses look so beautiful.

Cementing his involvement with the bus, Quentin decided to join our board of trustees in January 2009. Quentin has achieved a phenomenal amount during his ongoing career and we are incredibly proud to be working with him.
Meet the rest of the Book Bus team