Health & Safety
Health Insurance
Students attending our international programs are covered by a comprehensive Health Insurance policy that includes physical illness or injury, mental or chronic conditions. There are no deductible and 100% of costs are covered up to $250,000. In addition, we provide Political & Natural Disaster Evacuation policy, which allow us to remove students from program location if conditions change.
Students attending our domestic programs (within the US) must have their own health insurance and provide proof upon enrollment. Program directors are familiar with local authorities and if in need of evacuation, local emergency services and/or law enforcement will be notified and activated.
Discrimination & Harassments policies
We have an explicit & robust Harrasment and Descrimination policies, outlined in our Code of Cunduct. If students feel they cannot discuss personal safety issues with program staff, they are welcome to call the CFS emergency hotline and talk directly with CFS staff.
CFS 24/7 Hotline: +1 562 584-0761
Email: info@fieldsciences.org
Contact CFS if you have questions concerning discriminations or harassment in any of our programs.
student saftey
Our primary concern is with education. Traveling and conducting field work involves risk. Students interested in participating in our programs must weigh whether the potential risk is worth the value of education provided. While risk is inherent in everything we do, we do not take risk lightly. We engage in intensive review of each field school location prior to approval. Once a program is accepted, we review and monitor each program annually to make sure it complies with all our standards and policies, including student safety.
LGBTQ+ Students
Everyone are welcomed to our programs, and that means everyone above the age of 18 (see above eligibility requirements). Note, however, that we work in remote areas and live in very basic field stations where dormitories, showers and bathrooms may be shared. Privacy may be impossible to have.
We travel as anthropologists, not trying to change the cultures we visit but understand them. Some communities may not embrace our ideas about equality and may be less than welcoming for the LGBTQ community. Checks this Travel Guard page for LGBTQ Travel Safety. Links at the bottom allow for country-by-country analysis of travel safety.