Health & Safety:
Health
Project participants are required to receive Center for Disease Control
and World Health Organization recommended immunizations before
departure (verified by their doctor).
Each student is given an updated list of immunizations and health
concerns upon acceptance to the program and will also have the
opportunity to purchase these inoculations at a discount from Drew
Health Services.
Once on the ground in Honduras, great care is taken to ensure the
safest food, water, and living conditions are provided for all
participants.
Each trip is equipped with a comprehensive first aid kit and three
smaller first aid kits. Group leaders, the faculty advisor, and several
other students have up-to-date Red Cross certification in community
first aid and emergency medicine.
All students have an international student ID card and a passport
registered with the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa (or the relevant
consulate in the case of non-citizens).
In case of minor illness, the project has identified high quality
doctors and hospitals with a safe blood supply.
In the case of severe illness, injury, or political disturbance, all
students have access to the Medvac airlift service of the US State
Department.
Safety
At no point during the trip is any participant left alone or without a
fluent Spanish speaker.
When students are not with the larger group, they always travel in
groups of at least four, including at least one male and at least one
fluent Spanish speaker.
Group leaders and the faculty advisor work in conjunction to anticipate
any health or safety concerns at work sites or on excursions.
The protection of valuables can never be assured, even in the United
States, but the project works to provide students with safe facilities
for the storage of passports and other valuables. (Students are advised
not to bring anything that they would not mind seeing dirtied or
donated.)
Any questions or concerns about health, safety, or general Honduras
Project preparations can be directed to any board member of the
Honduras Project.
See
"News and
Information" for an update on the political situation or any other
breaking news of relevance to the trip
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