The safety of our travelers, sponsored friends and staff is of utmost importance. Local Unbound staff members are your hosts during the awareness trip and accompany the group at all times. Our local staff is from the destination country and lives there. Our social workers visit the neighborhoods, towns and countryside regularly and need to be well aware of safety concerns.

Because of their unique qualifications and background, our local staff is responsible for putting together the schedule of activities for your trip and choosing the communities you will visit. We avoid taking groups into areas or neighborhoods where there is tension. The members of the communities are excited to welcome sponsors.

Nobody can guarantee safety, and we are not naïve to the realities in the countries where we work. We take every reasonable measure to minimize risks for our travelers. We monitor current events, weather events, political events, guidance by the U.S. State Department and more. We follow the State Department’s guidance if they advise against non-essential travel to a country or to a specific area within a country. We are in regular communication with our staff in each country and keep up to date on security matters. We have cancelled trips when we’ve felt it prudent based on local conditions. We recognize this responsibility and take it very seriously.

We also have expectations for our travelers regarding their behavior during the trip. Everyone is expected to stay with the group, follow instructions by staff, and follow the other rules for conduct that are outlined in the Travel Agreement found in the registration materials.

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