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Do you have a passion for books and a desire to share the magic of stories with children?
The Book Bus project allows a unique opportunity to become part of the crew of the travelling on one of our unique Book Buses, a very special mobile library service for children in remote towns and villages in the countries we operate. During our operating seasons, the Book Bus will tour schools, hospitals and orphanages, promoting reading and storytelling. Each bus has been decorated with specially commissioned drawings donated by the much-loved children’s illustrator Quentin Blake.
The Book Bus in Zambia
Operating season: Saturday 24th April to Saturday 16th October 2010.
Read more information about the Book Bus at Victoria Falls, Zambia.
To volunteer to join the crew of the Book Bus Zambia at Victoria Fall, please visit the Book Bus Victoria Falls Zambia page on our travel partners website VentureCo Worldwide. (link opens in new window)
Read more information about the Book Bus at Meheba UNHCR Camp, Zambia.
To volunteer to join the crew of the Book Bus Zambia at the Meheba UNHCR Camp, please visit the Book Bus Meheba Zambia page on our travel partners website VentureCo Worldwide. (link opens in new window)
The Book Bus in Ecuador
Season 1.
Amazon jungle project
Operating season: 4th Jan 2010 to 26th March 2010
Season 2.
Esmeraldas, Pacific coast
Operating season: 29th March 2010 to 18th June 2010
Season 3.
Puerto Lopez, Pacific coast
Operating season: 21st June 2010 to 10th September 2010
Season 4.
High Andes Project
Operating season: 13th September 2010 to 3rd December 2010
Read more information about the Book Bus in Ecuador.
To volunteer to join the crew of the Book Bus Ecuador, please visit the Book Bus Ecuador page on our travel partners website VentureCo Worldwide. (link opens in new window)
VentureCo Worldwide (our travel partner)
VentureCo Worldwide provide gap year, group travel, career break and bespoke travelling ideas in South America, Central America, Africa and Asia.
VentureCo are a travel company for all those who believe that travelling is about more than simply flying to a foreign country. VentureCo was created out of a need to get under the skin of the cultures we encounter, for those who seek to genuinely understand our world and the part we play in it through a spirit of adventure, exploration and cooperation.
Environmentally responsible travel has never been so important and is at the very heart of the VentureCo philosophy. VentureCo are pleased to be associated with Responsible Travel.com who is a leading resource for travellers looking for working holidays with a conscience. We work hard to ensure all our Ventures have a beneficial impact upon the countries and communities we visit. From our inception, we have ensured that our responsible travel (RT) philosophy permeates everything we do, both at home and abroad.
VentureCo have been nominated at the Responsible Travel awards for the past 5 years for Best Volunteering Organisation.
Call Seth on 01926 411122 for up to date information about our Book Bus Crew member placements or visit http://www.ventureco-worldwide.com/book-bus/.
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Where We Work
Having successfully launched in Zambia in 2008, the Book Bus will start operations in Ecuador in November 2009.
Zambia is home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Victoria Falls. We are based in the frontier town of Livingstone, 10 Km from the falls. The Livingstone project started in 2008 and our partnership with local primary schools and orphanages grows from strength to strength. 
UNHCR settlement camp
Ecuador's name comes from the Equator, which divides it unequally, putting most of the country in the Southern Hemisphere. It may be the smallest Andean country, but it has four distinct and contrasting regions. The Costa, or coastal plains, the Sierra, or Andean uplands, the Oriente, or Amazon jungles and the Galápagos Islands, volcanic outcrops of land 960 kilometres west of Ecuador. The Book Bus is active in all four regions of the country.