<p>This week the Daily Mail sent Liz Jones to cover the famine in East Africa. To highlight the sheer crassness of sending someone with such fundamental first world problems I started the <a href="http://www.twitter.com/LizJonesSomalia" target="_blank">@LizJonesSomalia</a> Twitter feed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The account has been an unprecedented success, raising over &pound;20,000 in just 2 and a half days! Thank you to everyone who has taken part so far.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Let's keep going. &pound;26,000 will buy a luxury bat sanctuary, and I think we all know how much East Africa needs that right now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks again!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>--------------------</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>All week we've all had a laugh, we've made fun of Liz Jones and criticised the hell out of her - and we can now make this experience about something more than just a snarky Twitter feed and save some lives, and in the process stick it to a newspaper that thinks Twitter is just for telling people what you had for breakfast.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So come on - chuck in &pound;2 for a good cause, or &pound;5, or &pound;10. All money goes directly to the DEC East Africa fund. It's easy, safe and, should you wish, anonymous. Let's turn all the jokes about famines into something positive.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Besides, isn't there something perversely brilliant about Liz Jones being sent to Somalia inspiring a charity drive in opposition to her? If that doesn't send her a message about her value as a journalist then nothing will.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://dmreporter.tumblr.com/post/8468244424/liz-jones-in-somalia" target="_blank">Full statement</a>.</p>