High Visibility Jackets with a Message

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[NumboJumbo]

I have just come back from a holiday in Cape Town. Whilst there, I saw groups of volunteers picking up litter from the streets. They wore high visibilty jackets ie. those flourescant-ish yellow or orange jackets so beloved of building site workers, which had a message on it's back that said 'Street Clean Volunteer – Jesus Saves Lives'. To me they were trying to associate a beneficial community action with the perceived good that comes from believing in Jesus Christ. To put it another way, if you're proud of doing good in the world, then you would be proud of becoming a Christian. Association by an act of kindness.

What if the message on the jacket said 'Street Clean Volunteer – Kiva.org – Loans that Save Lives'. Again, the association of a kind act would resonate with the good that Kiva does. Pick an area where there's plenty of traffic and instantly, you've got a huge number of eyes looking at the Kiva message.

As it's already being done in Cape Town, then I see no reason why a group of 'Kivans' can't set it up in their local area as well.

Mike

[B. Right]

Yup, making roadkill of lenders, could possibly solve the loanshortage-problem... 

[Liliane]

Numbo Jumbo, I think this is a great idea, besides the comments about roadkill and Jesus. The lenders wouldn't necessarily have to pick up trash, but could do any service action as long as they are wearing those blinding vests. I do see the point of trash clean up though while wearing those jackets. Don't be discouraged. While there seems to be no shortage of lenders now, I think that when kiva rolls out whatever they have coming at the beginning of the new year, they will be glad for any PR stunts people can think of. No one is hurt by more people learning about and joining Kiva. If you do this in your town, please take pictues and post!
Liliane