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.
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