Your team leaders have a detailed Security Plan in case of emergency. Once on the field, they will make you aware of all known threats.

Cultural Norms

Greeting – When entering a room it is expected that you will shake the hand of everyone present.

Gender/Eye contact – Most East African women are not very confrontational.  Because of this, direct eye-contact or an assertive posture by a woman toward a man could be interpreted as a sexual advance.  Women should be aware of how they are interacting with men and of how those men are reacting to them.