Thoughts of Eggcup

In my third year at University, my friend and I set up boxes outside our rooms above the college bar. We had publicised the fact that we were collecting sanitary towels for women in war-torn parts of Africa and asked that students make donations. Over the period of a month we collected a lorry-load and another student's father paid for the lorry to take them to Africa. 
We were quite pleased with our initiative; however the London Evening Standard caught wind of it and reported how hilarious this evidence of the 'loony left' was.
Well, I just came back from a trip, where I stopped in a service station and while using the loo read a poster on the inside door - 'Do something amazing today!' All I had to do was send a text to donate £3 and the Government would match the donation. It didn't even prolong my visit.
What for? For sanitary towels to be sent to women fleeing the fighting in Syria and the Congo. Luckily, this is no longer seen as some 'mad' cause, but instead a matter of helping women preserve their dignity and not suffer terrible embarrassment and discomfort in addition to all the other dreadful things going on for them.
P.S. We all like to name drop now and again and I am no exception. I used to see Sam Mendes now and then outside my room (I don't know if he made a donation - probably, as he was a very nice boy). We used to say 'hi' to one another, while Sam waited for his friend who lived opposite me in the corridor to open his door. I had no idea he would one day become so famous and that I would go and see his National Theatre production of King Lear and also his James Bond film...
To donate £3 to ActionAid, you text KIT to 70111.
(you don't have to do it from the loo)
Also, those of you on FaceBook might like to spread this cause and get friends to donate.