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Zebra Crossing Guards

November 21, 2018 by Jason B.

La Paz, one of Bolivia’s capital city, employs a unique method of solving traffic problems. 70+ young Bolivians dress as Zebras to combat traffic problems and accidents on its busiest streets.  The call this program “Cebra Voluntaria” (Voluntary Zebra), in which 16-22 year old Bolivians work as crossing guards.

Filed Under: Bolivia Tagged With: Bolivia, bolvia capital, Cebra Voluntaria, crossing guards, La Paz

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  1. Shawn says

    December 14, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Ha! Why zebras? This is bizarre – I love it.

  2. Jason says

    December 14, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Knowing Bolivia, my guess is that the government were looking for uniforms and the supplier had a great price for some extra zebra costumes they could not get rid of 🙂

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