Allergies & Accommodations

If you have any serious allergies that may be an issue in Brazil or require accommodation for any condition while abroad, please be in touch with the Middlebury staff before making a final commitment to the program to ensure that your needs can be met abroad.

Middlebury has partnered with Global Rescue LLC to provide travelers with access to an intelligence platform (GRID) that ensures that you are well informed and prepared before and during your travels.  This arrangement allows you access to Destination Reports, which outline medical and security risks in your host country and other countries you may visit.  Through GRID, you are also able to view alert notifications for events that are happening around the world. In addition, while abroad, you will automatically receive health, safety, and security reports based on your destination, along with expert analysis and advice.

You will receive user log-in information and instructions directly from Global Rescue in order to access this resource.  (This email is not junk.  Please save it!)  If you have access to a smartphone/mobile device while abroad, we strongly recommend that you also download the Global Rescue GRID application, which is available at the Apple Store (iOS 5 and above), Google Play (Android 4.4 and above), and BlackBerry App World (10.2 and above).  Through this application, you will be able to reach out directly to Global Rescue in an emergency situation via its in-app emergency call button as well as run Destination Reports, view event alerts, and “Check-In” if there is a crisis (or even a sketchy situation) in your host country, and you want to notify key staff members of your whereabouts.  This “check-in” feature should not be used if you are in a real emergency situation, and need immediate assistance, unless you’re asked to do this by your resident staff.  In cases of emergency, please contact your resident staff or contacts that they will give you during orientation, and if that fails, then Global Rescue.

For more information on Global Rescue, please visit www.globalrescue.com.

Contact Global Rescue Operations Center 24 hours a day by calling:
+1 (617) 459-4200 (collect calls accepted) or emailing operations@globalrescue.com.