Decide now to play an active role in your own health and safety while you’re abroad.
Here are some suggestions and tips to make your experience a safe one:
- Travel in groups whenever possible.
- If you go out in a group, make sure that everyone returns together. Incidents are most likely to happen when someone is left behind. Please stay together to limit risk!
- Do not walk alone at night, especially if you are in an area of the city you don’t know well, or on longer trips away from the program location.
- Be smart about how you travel when you are out and about. Always travel with a buddy, avoid travelling late at night, in unmarked taxis, or in empty buses and trains, and never hitchhike or catch a ride from strangers.
- Inform your Onsite Staff anytime you plan to leave the program location for independent travel. Knowing where you are will help them if there is a natural disaster or other emergency in the program location, or in the area where you intend to travel.
- Be aware of your surroundings, and remain vigilant about what is going on around you.