Loading ...Your niece is exceptional in doing the work for God and humanity. The most important thing in this volunteering to help is her safety. When you go to another culture she will learn about that culture and hope that they prepared her for that and might not have the advanced conveniences she’s used to in western countries.
To adjust the best she can take the opportunity to learn. That they also prepared her to not mention too much about that other than pictures or post cards and culture or not be seen in away she’s there to change their way of life but to learn about theirs any more that we don’t appreciate it either when another culture imposes themselves on ours and thinks they’re better. Of course they could no matter where you come even poorer countries will think that but you just don’t say it. That includes not expecting everyone to speak English or their language. The culture ego. I remember a case once where a guy was asking about the currency exchange but it’s the way he did it. He asked how much it was in REAL money, his being the real money lol
That women have less rights and they’ll use it to justify crimes against them and don’t travel alone and make sure any driver is trustworthy and someone always knows where she went and with whom. In Mexico even some of them like taxis are criminals who can set them up to be robbed. Not all people claim to be legitimate and can be a trap and never travel at night or off roads there.
The paying them is basically paying for their safety in many places but doesn’t guarantee it especially if they step off the safety zones and even then.
I had a missionary in the extended family who was also a chaplain before that. He was deeply involved in that and traveled all over the world including in the jungles. I got to try out a blow gun given to his son who was with him who had a christian band given to them as a gift. He’d try to help with schools and hospitals and things like that and sharing the Bible and praying with them. There were Christians watchers around him or them and there were times when they’d come to them and tell them their ” anti Christian groups ” were coming for them and they had to get out of there fast. They were constantly calling him to go fly off somewhere and at one point when he was older and jungled cause him respiratory problem from a allergy amongst developing clots something else he can’t fly anymore to talk to his doctor. He had to stop. He had some very good military doctors who went to his home when he was too sick anymore to travel. His lungs got destroyed.
That’s another thing, know health risks or natures dangers in that area and take precautions.
People from India of different religions told me they are there in India too and unlike tolerance being a law here, and could be attacked by terrorists by our standards.
So she should stay in safe zones if she can if they are poor no jewelry if the women who can wear a lot of gold there in some places there are not wearing any and she dresses conservative which she probably does anyways according to their culture particularly because she’s female and hope they have watchers. It’s probably good to have cash, and gold chains or small coins or both if she’s ever in a position she has to get out by herself she can take links off that chain too or coins and emergency cash and buy her way out. It’s good that India recognizes the value of gold. She might get a good deal on 22 cwt gold bracelets although probably pricy now maybe better off with coins.
These mansions and Chinese do it too look to me they’re wanting to replicate royalty, including high doors or hight of building as a status. That means nothing to us but out of place.