Short-Term Team Safety Preparation

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      November 2008 | Vol. 3 | Issue 11

      Short-Term Team Safety Preparation

      Lessons Learned the Hard Way
      In 2004, our church sent a team of youth to Kenya. During the trip, the team was van-jacked, driven to the bush, and harassed. Some were hit and beaten, and all were robbed of their passports, valuables, and money.

      As a church, we did not handle the situation well, either before they went or after they came home. A risk assessment would have told us that the most common crime in Kenya’s major cities, and in particular Nairobi, is car-jacking, but our team was unaware of the danger. . .[Click below to continue]