Having strategies, tools and techniques can keep you safe as you travel abroad for college. Always have a plan!
SAFETEA PODCAST
Listen to our podcast episode on Travel Abroad Safety Tips. Listen to two moms about what can happen when safety precautions are not taken and how they both lost sons tragically. Also, hear from a travel safety expert on how to plan ahead and mitigate risks.
PROTECT STUDENTS ABROAD is an organization whose mission is to prevent fatalities of students participating in study abroad programs. Elizabeth Brenner & Ros Thackurdeen whose sons’ lives were lost while they were overseas on participating in study programs are advocating for transparency and comprehensive safety data from the study abroad industry. This information will allow students and parents to make better-information educational decisions.
Protect Students Abroad is currently working on a documentary, “TRIP OF LIFETIME,” a feature documentary film that follows the moms, Elizabeth & Ros, in their fight from universities to the nation’s capitol while telling their stories and weaving in stories of other victim families and experts to give context to the history and dangers of the study abroad industry. The main focus will be preventable deaths but will also include a broader look at assaults, rapes and thefts in study abroad programs. It’s a must see film for all families considering a study abroad program. Watch the trailer and please consider supporting this film, tripofalifetimefilm.com.
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Whether your student is Studying Abroad, Traveling for Fun, Foreign Language Program, Mission Trip, Gap Year, or a Volunteer Program, send them prepared with the proper tools to stay safe.
PROBLEM: Oftentimes, U.S. students are unprepared for international travel and parents put their trust the schools to keep their students safe. Schools will often pass off this duty to 3rd parties which are not looking out for your students best interests.
SOLUTION: Have a safety plan set up between parents and student before you go.
Author Carrie Pasquarello, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Secure Resources, Inc., is a victim advocate who took her overseas experience with the State Department and turned it into a platform to help others navigate safe travel. You can find her book, “Study Abroad Safety” on Amazon and listen to her on our SafeTEA Podcast.
Link to a Privacy Act Formthat should be filled out before sending your student abroad. It is a critical step in developing an emergency communication plan. (As a side note, it’s not only for students. It’s for any U.S. citizen traveling. If you plan on traveling outside the country and would like for someone to be able to communicate with the embassy about you, this will help.)
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