Safe Valentine

Gramada

Date: 25 August 2011

Venue: in front of Gramada municipality

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 03 September 2011

Venue: Circuit Zolder

Sofia

Date: 09 September 2011

Venue: in front of Ministry of Health

Help me!

This world needs you,
as I need your hand…
This world loves you,
as I love your soul.
Help me, when I’m alone,
when something worries me,
and I will give you something else,
I will teach you what I know!
Help me when I need you in trouble!
Help me, when it is scary,
and I will free you from another danger!
Here is my hand, let it protect you, so you will not worry.
I give it to you, my powers, my heart…
Lets help each other with whatever is possible…
Lets live holding our hands!

Savina Atansova

Alcogoggles

The alcogoggles that simulate vision with different concentration of alcohol in the blood (e.g. between 0.7 and 1 promile), allow the participant to experience vision under influence while actually being sober.
The alcogoggles are an internationally popular evidenced-based prevention tool used to educate people of all ages about the consequences of alcohol misuse and abuse. The goggles use special lens technology that allows the wearer to experience a realistic simulation of impairment. They simulate six distinct impairment levels and are available in a clear or shaded version to simulate either daytime or nighttime conditions. A popular activity to conduct with them is to perform Standard Field Sobriety Tests such as walking a straight line heal-to-toe or the one-legged stand. Due to the loss of balance and equilibrium produced by the goggles, the wearer will exhibit behaviors that are similar to that of someone under the influence of alcohol and other drugs.

Safe Valentine

SPI Forschung gGmbH – Germany

Objectives:

- Informing about the incompability of alcohol and drugs while driving a vehicle
- General information about HIV/AIDS
- Informing about the dangers of unsafe sex
- Make free condoms available for everyone, who is interested in this action

MISTEL/SPI implemented several campaigns called Safe Valentine. In combination with the PEER-project on driving schools the Peer Educators got an additional qualification related to the subject safer sex, HIV/AIDS and love. In total we trained 24 volunteers. The campaigns took place (among the regular offer of PEER-units in driving schools) several times:
-   Valentines Day 2010, Movie Theatre
-   World AIDS Day on the 1st of December 2010, City Centre, Campus, Movie Theatre
-   15th of June 2010 in schools
-   21st of June 2010 in schools
-   Valentines Day on the 14th of February 2011, Driving School
Young people had the opportunity to talk with the volunteers about subjects like Love, HIV/AIDS and safer sex, as well as sober driving. Among the discussions the young people received a Valentine’s postcard with a condom inside. They can present this postcard to their boyfriend/girlfriend. Information about the prevention topics of alcohol and drugs in connection with road use were available for these youngsters.

For the campaign you need: condoms, postcards for the HIV/AIDS campaign, information materials (Flyer, Brochures) for the PEER-project on driving schools; alcovision goggles and cones.

Heroes Campus Tour: Responsible Young Drivers – Belgium

The Heroes Campus Tour is an awareness campaign on drugs and road safety organized in universities in order to reach all students.
Condom Race, sensitizing about the effects of alcohol: SIDA STUDI - Spain

Objectives:

-    Sensitizing about the effects of alcohol on driving skills.
-    Sensitizing about the effects of alcohol on condom use.
-    Make free condoms available to everyone who wants.
Partypeers: VAD – Belgium

Partypeers objectives are:

- Informing and sensitizing about the effects and risks of alcohol and illegal drugs use in recreational settings.
- Informing and sensitizing about the effects and risks of alcohol, illegal drugs use and tiredness on driving skills.
- Informing about the legal aspects of driving under influence of alcohol and illegal drugs.
- Drivers take a break (pit stop) on their way home.
Just say it!: Responsible Young Drivers - The Netherlands

Making young people aware of the importance of talking/discussing with your partner/friends in risky situations, such as driving back home as passenger with an impaired driver, or having sex without condom and not daring to frankly talk about it with the concerned person, because afraid of consequences. The aim is not to change behavior, but to change attitudes regarding the intimacy between friends and partners.