A message from The Book Bus Zambia
As The Book Bus approaches 15 years of sharing the joy of reading in Zambia, The Book Bus Zambia look back on their achievements of 2021 and ahead to their aims for 2022.
This is a special year for us as it marks our 15th anniversary of working in Zambia, that’s 15 years of providing children with access to good books and the inspiration to read them. That’s 15 years of school and community partnerships to enable the distribution of thousands and thousands of books to classrooms and libraries across the country. That’s 15 years of children experiencing the joy of reading for the first time. That’s 15 years of helping children to build a new future for themselves and their families.
Today, The Book Bus Zambia provide over 6,000 learners in Kitwe with access to quality books that will improve their reading levels in both local language and in English.
Members of The Book Bus Zambia in front of Book Bus George. George and The Book Bus team delight child readers every week with the hundreds of books he delivers.
In 2022 The Book Bus Zambia will continue our mission to support reading and change lives. In our country where literacy levels remain below 50% we remain dedicated to helping children become fully literate and properly equipped to benefit from their education.
Members of The Book Bus Zambia in front of Book Bus George. George and The Book Bus team delight child readers every week with the hundreds of books he delivers.
2021 will be remembered as a year of losses and disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic. The Book Bus in Zambia overcame many of the year’s challenges by creating digital content and audio recordings that kept our literacy progammes alive in 40 schools in Kitwe District and 6 schools in the Lusaka area: Even during periods of school closures, over 100 teachers continued to receive valuable training and their 4000 learners could tune in to our “Book Bus Reads” radio shows. Our young and talented team have been an inspiration to us all.
The Book Bus Zambia enters 2022 stronger than ever and we will be guiding thousands more children along the path to functional readership and a good education during this, our 15th Anniversary year. We thank the many authors, publishers, funders and supporters who continue to make our work possible and we will continue to develop and strengthen these partnerships to create bigger impact in 2022.
If you would like to support The Book Bus Zambia’s mission to create even more readers in 2022, please visit The Book Bus’ virtual store or donations page.