We conducted polls to figure out people's attitudes about love and sex in order to design condom packaging that would be attractive to people. Olga explained that at first the project tried to reach youth in schools, but this approach was unsuccessful. When we went into schools and explained condom use, even though there was no teacher, the students were really quiet and couldn't relax. They felt very awkward. It was only after we left the school that they began to ask questions.
School is school.
We decided to try something different and do our programs in places where people are relaxed and comfortable, so we organized a discotheque. It was very successful. They asked serious questions, and they asked for information for their friends. As we began organizing various activities educating kids about safe sex, we learned that this work was very important because all of this is so new and unusual-being able to say the word preservatif. We planned dances where there would be contests and games for people to have fun and get information.