On all JSU Summer programs, security is our highest priority. In Israel, every decision regarding itinerary, travel route, lodging location, or site for an activity is made in conjunction with the Ministries of Education and Tourism in the Israeli government. Through the use of GPS locators and cellphones, JSU Summer remains in constant contact with the Ministries, and provides very frequent updates and precautionary advisories.
For all of our programs, we provide a daily updated message from the program director available to you from our New York office. Each program will be assigned a specific phone number hotline that you can call. In addition, in the event of any sudden changes, our program directors will update this hotline immediately about their location and the progress of the program.
Our daily messages will let you know where your children are and how they are doing all the time!
For the pre-trip Rwanda experience: Agahozo-Shalom is extremely safe and the grounds are surrounded by a fence and monitored 24 hours a day by security personnel. Anyone who enters or exits the grounds must check in with security. Additionally, the Village is located about 25 miles East of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city. It is in a rural location and surrounded by family farms on the rolling hills of the Eastern Province.
- Tetanus vaccine
- Hepatitis A vaccine
- Typhoid vaccine
- Malaria Prophylactic Prescribed, which participants should bring (to be taken 2 days prior to arrival, throughout the trip, and 7 days after)