From Condoms To Cabbages. A Biography Of Mechai Viravaidya

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Post Books
Publisher Place: Bangkok
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition:

Description: 416 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. Signed By Author

Publishers Description: In Thailand, a condom is called a "Mechai". Mechai Viravaidya, Thailand's condom King, has used this most anatomically suggestive contraceptive device to turn the conventional family planning establishment on its head. First came condom-blowing contests, then T-shirts with condom shrouded anthropomorphic penises. Then condom key rings followed by a Cabbages and Condoms restaurant, When it comes to condoms, no one has been more creative than the Condom King. To equate Mechai with condoms or family planning alone underestimates the man and fails to capture his essence. Mechai Viravaidya is engaged in a relentless pursuit to improve the well-being of the poor by giving them the tools to lead a fruitful and productive life. His achievements in family planning, AIDS prevention, and rural development are a means to an end - the alleviation of poverty in Thailand. Mechai's journey From Condoms To Cabbages - from his roots in family planning to his goal of poverty alleviation - has spanned 34 years. Along the way, he has been labeled a visionary iconoclast and cheerful revolutionary. He is also an ordinary man from modest origins. This book will shed light on both Mechai's. --- from book's back cover

ISBN: 9789742280093