Priority Number One

Safety and Security

Safety and Security: Before your Arrival

Site Identification, Selection, Preparation & Development (Programming Staff does multiple visits to each potential site prior to site assignment and Trainee arrival in the Dominican Republic)

Host Family Identification and Preparation

Community Buy In Choosing Counterparts:

Agency & Community

Counterpart Buy In

After your Arrival Emergency Action Plan

Emergency Action Drills

Travel Limitations and Advisories

Site Visits from PC/DR Staff

In House Medical Attention and Network

On Going Communications (Email, Phone, Radio)

Regional Volunteer Support

Housing guidelines

Part of PC/DR’s Safety and Security Strategy is to have Volunteers live with a Host Family in their community.

Here are some examples of Volunteer housing and Host Families…

Volunteer Safety and Security…

Everyone’s responsibility

Key to being a successful Volunteer

A key to integrating into a Community

Includes: housing, behavior, health, travel, work, and just about everything else for your two years in the DR