Getting condoms was no problem; Gury ran the ship's store.

Students whose parents bar them from the program but who want to get free condoms will find a way, he said.

When asked how, the student said she had stopped at a local health clinic, got free condoms and put one in each kit.

Inaction means the child can go ahead and get condoms.

He said there was a health clinic at his school where students could get condoms, if they had the nerve.

Surveys also show that a vast majority know where they can get condoms.

Once they've got condoms on their minds, students are encouraged to "go to the store together.

One study found that only 42 percent of at-risk Africans can easily get condoms.

Some of the women had got condoms and then stashed them in their underwear drawer.

"It's better to get condoms in a box than at the checkout line," he said.