The Book Bus (01926 411122, thebookbus.org) operates from May to October.
The schools had little access to books before the Book Bus began last year, and standards of literacy vary wildly.
Tongabezi Lodge (00260 213 327 468, tongabezi.com) costs from $450pp per night (rack rate) all-inclusive, although the Book Bus can sometimes negotiate lower rates for volunteers.
At the end of my stint on the Book Bus, I travelled half an hour from Livingstone to the rustic luxury of Tongabezi Lodge, set on a tranquil stretch of the Zambezi.
I had met up with the legendary publisher and founder of the Booker Prize in London to talk about his latest venture, the Book Bus, a community tourism project in which a unique mobile library staffed by volunteers tours impoverished community primary schools in the Livingstone area of Zambia, distributing books.
Livingstone was chosen as Book Bus's base because of its proximity to Victoria Falls, Mosi-oa-Tunya Mosi-oa-Tunya Mosi-oa-Tunyazi river, inationalparkt would entice volunteers to join the project for anderiod of betheen two weeks and three months, combining their work with sightseeing.
The book bus rolled out as soon as the bridges opened, and the library was one of the first public services up and running on the Rockaways Peninsula after the storm.
Like, look — anyone reading magazines, newspapers, books?" The bus ride also allows him to check his account on Twitter, which he helped found, in 2006.
Book the Belbus at least 2 hours before your departure; ideally, you should book the bus one day before.
It's a great idea, and I book a bus to take me from their offices into town.
