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Native Coordinators (Russia/Ukraine): Native Coordinators are a generation older than the volunteers, and act as the local Mom or Dad of the volunteers in each city. They are native to the country and city. They impose curfews as needed, restrict both local and long distance travel, advise about local political circumstances, and advise regarding any local situation that may affect the safety of volunteers but has not come to the attention of the media or expatriate public. They also assist with host family situations, visa support, language and culture classes, and occasionally even homesickness. Foreign affairs offices (China): In China, the Foreign Affairs staff at each school fills all the previous-mentioned responsibilities of the Native Coordinator, plus assists with any needed creature-comforts associated with food and housing in the dorms.
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State Department/Embassy: Upon arrival, all volunteers are registered with the nearest American embassy or consulate, which informs them of our presence, and allows them to receive any political or travel advisories through the U.S. State Department warden system.
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ILP is not affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ but over 90% of our volunteers are members, and we maintain contact with missionaries and many church leaders in areas where our volunteers serve. If a mission president decides to remove their missionaries from Russia, Ukraine, or China (there are service missionaries in China) we remove our volunteers as well.
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BYU and other international programs: ILP exchanges information with international programs that have students in the same locations as we do. We inquire about political or