Porters’ Progress UK
our mission:
Porters Progress’ UK facilitates the safe treatment, education and empowerment of adult and child trekking and commercial porters and their communities through appropriate programmes, with priority given to creating change within the trekking industry.
our vision:
From our inception we have believed that a true and durable solution to the problems that porters face can only come from porters themselves. Accordingly it is our vision the Porters’ Progress projects around the world will ultimately be self-sustaining, independently operated organisations - of, by and for mountain porters.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help support the trekking porters and their communities through donation, volunteering and simply by being aware of the issues thousands of porters face.
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Porters' Progress UK, a UK registered charity (No. 1112943) was set up in 2004 to support Porters' Progress Nepal. The charity has now broadened its remit and seeks to raise awareness of issues relating to the safety and welfare of porters and to support projects in the Nepal Himalaya and other mountain ranges.
>> Annual Gala lecture with Will Gadd 25th November 2010 - Royal Geographical Society, London. To book tickets visit www.worldexpeditions.co.uk. >> MORE
EVENTS
>> Send us your old sunglasses and help protect against the painful incidence of snowblindess amongst mountain porters >> MORE
SUNGLASSES APPEAL
>> Learn how you can donate your unwanted trekking gear to our clothing banks in London and Lukla >> MORE
CLOTHING BANK
>> Are you going trekking this year? Make sure you and your trekking company adhere to the guidelines set out by the International Porter Protection Group >>MORE
TREKKING GUIDELINES
