Ideas for action

WKD Visuals 2012

Each year we create new World Kidney Day visuals which are freely available to you for use at your events, and on your postcards, brochures, posters  etc. we invite you to check out our Materials library to get ideas for your activities!

Post pictures, videos and articles

• Post your video on your World Kidney Day page, on YouTube, or directly on the website of international media outlets, who use videos created by members of the public more and more.

• BBC – Have your say: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/your_news/7593687.stm
• CNN – I report: http://edition.cnn.com/ireport/
• Al Jazeera – Your media: http://yourmedia.aljazeera.net/

• Post your pictures on the ‘World Kidney Day Photos’ group on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/wkd)
• Start a blog on the World Kidney Day website
• Join the World Kidney Day group on Facebook
• Twitter about World Kidney Day

Ad Hoc actions:

• Put WKD flyers or a poster in:
  • in the lobby of your company
  • in the lobby of your hotel
  • in your waiting room
  • at your school
  • at the entrance of your religious centre
  • at your insurance company
  • at your bank etc.
• Have a kidney educative class in your school
• Ask your post office company to create a World Kidney Day stamp
• Broadcast WKD video or images on a screen in a pharmacy or in public transportation
• Show a banner at the start of a football match

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Events in your city

• A human chain on a main public square
• Light up a building
• Ring the bell of your town hall or church
• A race/ a walk
• A charity dinner to raise money for a local foundation
• Coffee morning
• Kidney quiz night
• Pamper parties
• Book sales

Do you want to add ideas to this section, to share them with other organisers on the world? Send them by email to info@worldkidneyday.org. They will be added shortly!