Mechai Viravaidya
Mechai Viravaidya
Mechai Viravaidyais a former politician and activist in Thailand who promoted condoms, family planning and AIDS awareness in Thailand. Since the 1970s, Mechai has been affectionately known as "Mr. Condom", and condoms are often referred as "mechais" in Thailand. From the time that he began his work, the average number of children in Thai families has decreased from 7 to 1.5...
NationalityThai
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth17 January 1941
CountryThailand
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With the demise and disappearance of public education, people think it's gone. I've had some kids say to me, 'Is AIDS still around?'
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I find it disturbing that men who are products of highly developed economies come to a developing nation solely to exploit their women and their children.
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The government budget, the lack of the declaration, the prime minister's abdication from the role, and the consequent weak public education program has resulted in what we have today: a tremendous increase,
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We think it's underestimated. We don't want to be nasty and call it a lie, but I think it's pretty close to it,
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Definitely if the Thai government doesn't need aid, civil society and the people do need it.
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As far as my part of the world is concerned there's not even a tree,
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This proves very clearly that despite the efforts and good wishes of the Thai government in putting its own resources into tsunami relief, Thailand does need a lot of foreign assistance,
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The condom has saved so many lives, and it'll save so many more lives. We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.
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We're the ones causing global warming. In fact, what we ought to be saying is population growth is a major cause of it, so I hope to have a T-shirt out very, very soon: Stop global warming, use condoms.
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What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.
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People like to have fun and they like to laugh. And when you laugh, it's much easier to convince people and they laugh with you, rather than being angry. And I think laughter's always nice and I've always liked it.
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Most people don't want to work in commercial sex. They have little choice.
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AIDS is still around. Therefore, you have to practice safe sex.
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The condom has saved so many lives and it'll save so many more lives. We really owe a great deal to the rubber tree.