Editing Bookmobile (section)

===Africa===
* In Kenya, the Camel Mobile Library Service is funded by the [[National Library Service of Kenya]] and by [[Book Aid International]] and it operates in [[Garissa]] and [[Wajir]], near the border with [[Somalia]]. The service started with three camels in October 1996 and had 12 in 2006, delivering more than 7,000 books<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1657232,00.html|title=Kenya's children of the desert|work=Guardian Unlimited|date=1 December 2005|access-date=1 June 2007|archive-date=12 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012143834/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1657232,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> —in English, [[Somali language|Somali]], and [[Swahili language|Swahili]].<ref name="pbs" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com/|title=Camel Library Service|website=Kenyan Camel Book Drive|access-date=1 June 2007|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713072248/http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Masha Hamilton]] used this service as a background for her 2007 novel ''The Camel Bookmobile''.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite book|last1=Hamilton|first1=Masha|title=The Camel Bookmobile: A Novel|date=1 January 2007|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York|isbn=9780061173486|lccn=2006041316|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/camelbookmobilen00hami}}</ref>
*"Donkey Drawn Electro-Communication Library Carts" were being employed in [[Zimbabwe]] in 2002 as "a centre for electric and electronic communication: radio, telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet".<ref name="IFLA">{{cite web|title=Donkeys help provide Multi-media Library Services|url=https://archive.ifla.org/V/press/pr0225-02.htm|website=IFLAnet (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)|access-date=26 March 2018|date=25 February 2002}}</ref>
*In [[Nigeria]], Funmi Ilori, a former schoolteacher, founded iRead Mobile Library after receiving a grant from the federal government of Nigeria in 2013. The “books on wheels” initiative was realized to promote a sustainable reading culture in children that builds positive reading habits over time and leads to improved growth and development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REVIVING THE READING CULTURE IN AFRICA |url=https://www.worldpulse.org/story/reviving-the-reading-culture-in-africa-24300 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=World Pulse |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=Funmi Ilori, Founder of I Read Mobile Library Reveals the secret behind her innovation in the Educational Sector |url=https://womenconnectng.com/funmi-ilori-founder-of-i-read-mobile-library-reveals-the-secret-behind-her-innovation-in-the-educational-sector/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> The four iRead Mobile Library buses and their team bring a selection of over 13,000 books and service around 3,000 children with 44 stops per week at schools and community centers and a monthly stop to rural areas outside of Lagos state.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Charlotte |title=For the love of books: Mobile libraries around the world |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/4/23/for-the-love-of-books-mobile-libraries-around-the-world |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>