A charitable marketing ploy.

So Tampax is donating money that helps Southern Africa. According to the commercial, girls in Southern Africa often miss school during their period because they don't have protection.* Might it get me to buy tampax? Yes, actually. In fact, if I could find tampax sans applicator and bulky packaging, I would buy it. Until then, I'll stick to o.b./organic.

What that means, however, is that I can't donate to a really, really great cause. If I could ship a carton of tampons/pads to Southern Africa myself, I would. Here are some links:

Some blog
A Yahoo News Site

Where can I find out how to contribute directly to this effort? I mean, Always is also involved, and I do buy that brand, but I would like to also be able to give personally.

*More proof that we are in a man's world - school and work were designed for men and would be very different if designed for women. So clearly, we have a long way to go.