Tell us about your weekend ride

Don't let a little research get in the way of an easy sneer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechai_Viravaidya

He used such events as holding condom blowing contests for school children, encouraging taxi drivers to hand out condoms to their customers, and founding a restaurant chain called Cabbages and Condoms, where condoms are given to customers with the bill.

http://cabbagesandcondoms.co.uk

WHAT'S IN THE NAME
The origin of the name Cabbages & Condoms derives from the concept coined by our Chairman Mr. Mechai Viravaidya who said “you can go to any shop around Thailand and you will always find cabbages... condoms should be like cabbages which are ubiquitous and accessible to everyone.” And so the name Cabbages & Condoms (C&C) was conceived.
Mr. Mechai believed that condoms should not be seen as taboo but as a neccessity, which could save people’s lives from dangerous STIs including HIV/AIDS as well as unwanted pregnancy.
Cabbages & Condoms (C&C) was established on the backbone of an NGO called Population and Community Development Association (PDA) and operates as a “Business for Social Progress” where all of its profits support the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), one of Thailand’s largest NGOs with programmes including primary health, birth control, education, HIV/AIDS, environment, poverty eradication and water resource development.
Our restaurant was conceptualised in part to promote better understanding and acceptance of family planning and to generate income to support various development activities of the Population and Community Development Association (PDA) all over Thailand. Cabbages & Condoms Bangkok was started by Mr. Mechai Viravaidya, a philanthropist and ex-politician who wanted to improve the lives of Thai people focusing on social issues such as sexual health, sustainability and anti-corruption. His fun loving and irreverent approach has been so sucessful that “Mechai” is also the slang word for Condom.
We are currently supported by the FreeDoms shop inconjunction with the NHS in giving out FREE condoms in our Bicester and Cheltenham branch. For more information about the FreeDoms shop, please visit http://www.freedoms-shop.nhs.uk
For more information about Cabbages & Condoms restaurants, it’s resorts and Population and Community Development Association (PDA), please visit http://www.pda.or.th