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How a Roll of Tape Helps Save Lives
“If I am at my farm across the highway and don’t get home by dusk, I end up sleeping in the fields. I won’t cross the road after dark.”
That’s just one person’s experience in Topisi, a village in central Botswana, but many other residents have similar stories.
They aren’t afraid of wild animals.
They aren’t afraid of being robbed.
They’re afraid of being hit by a moving vehicle.
The combination of donkey carts being the main mode of transportation, and the A1 Highway cutting through villages with no streetlights, can be deadly.
A volunteer group, The Society of Road Safety Ambassadors, experienced firsthand what was happening in their country and set out to make a difference.
See how a simple task, using a roll of tape, helped cut donkey cart accidents in seven villages by over 40 percent in one year.
Comments
So proud of The Society of Road Safety Ambassadors for this fantastic work. What a great story. And so beautifully captured too. Also very proud of the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and the way you support the work of your member NGOs.
Excellent- Such a simple solution that is so effective at saving lives! Yet another great example of FedEx helping communities all over the world!
Great story. Such an easy fix to a huge problem! Sounds like a QDM Quick Fix.
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It would be great if we could match these folks up with our customer LuminAid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjhU3aZsDs. They could hang LuminAid on the back of the donkey cart, it has a blinking light at night, and solar charges during the day.
Wonderful story! The visuals are beautiful and the interviews are relatable and insightful.
I am so proud to work for a company (Fedex Supply Chain) that is involved in things like this tape project. I know from working for Fedex, safety is a top priority for the company. Fedex always seeks ways to help our communities. I am blessed to work for such a company .
James Steeley
Quality Auditor
Fedex Supply Chain
Lebanon, TN
Great story. Solar powered street lights?
very good!
good implementation of good idea
Very glad to know that FedEx is helping to sponsor this project. I am proud to work for this company.
It is a very meaningful initiative. Wonderful job! Thank you FedEx!
I am so proud of my company for living the FedEx cares mantra. Thank you, FedEx for driving real change, saving lives across the globe, and for making all FedEx employees proud of their company and the work it does!!
I am happy for My neighboring country. I am from South Africa. I work for FedEx Express in EWR HUB in USA as a Service Assurance Agt
That’s awesome news! Thanks for sharing.
Won’t God do it….You see God works through peoples…And FedEx has a lots of good peoples working for them I Love that ” Spiritual Journey ” FedEx has of Helping Others. FedEx Love is what our world needs all of the time…I am very proud of my FedEx Family…
Great story. It would be nice if somehow the people could get the yellow reflective vests to wear and maybe something made for the donkeys as well.
Awesome, resonates with QDM concepts!
Simple yet profound. This can be replicated all over the world. Fantastic effort.
This is a fantastic story!!! It was relevant, captivating and beautifully done. A simple, ordinary item that is making a life-saving impact.