Read the first report on the KEEP Porter Clothing Bank.
KEEP-Porter Clothing Bank

The following Australian companies kindly donated boots to the KEEP Porter Clothing Bank in Kathmandu, Nepal:
Denstock Pty Ltd donated 1 pair of HiTec
Outdoor Performance Pty Ltd donated 1 pair of Columbia
Tradecorp Pty Ltd donated 1 pair of Carn
Amer Sports Pty Ltd donated 2 pairs of Salomon
Lifestyle Industries Pty Ltd donated 1 pair of Keen
Sea to [...]

A new documentary film about the highland population in Peru who work on the infamous Inca Trail, by director Gabriel Manrique and producer Mike Lundin.
This informative film is primarily in Spanish and currently only subtitled in English. The production team is working on translating the film into Quechua to reach all porters and communities of the [...]

Thanks to Eric Ronemus and Anne Ussell from Oregon (USA) for their generous donation of US$3,500!

Read this good article “Celebrating your Trekking Porter!” written by Australian Rep Lyn Taylor.

A CAN (Community Action Nepal) project managed by Ian Wall, the Gorak Shep porter shelter is now open.

The construction of the new Gorak Shep porter shelter below the Everest view point of Kalapattar at about 5000 meters is going according to plan. The opening for use is expected to be Oct 08.This is a Community Action Nepal (CAN) project which IPPG has been supporting,
The building has been built in record time, on [...]

4/12/2008
Many thanks to our donors!

DONOR
WHAT FOR

AMOUNT
(APPROX AUD$)

David Koop
medical gloves,masks,hand wash etc
1500

Rodney Reece

safety equipment and signage 

1000

Sentry Medicals(E&B Wai)
vast supply first aid equipment
5000

NSW Ambulance Service

2nd hand clothing & footwear 

6500

Some of these donors will continue to support PNG IPPG into the future.

Not much information is available so far on numbers of porters working in PNG. Here are approximate numbers for the Kokoda and Lark Force Wilderness Track, and hopefully we will get more information on Mt Wilhelm and Irian Jaya.
KOKODA: this is a major track of 10 trekking days+ on mainland PNG. Approx 500 porters are [...]

The following is the conclusion of a neat little questionnaire compiled by ex porter Harikrishna Devkota (email: hari@gmail.com, guidehari@gmail.com ) who has worked for a couple of porter support NGOs in Nepal. It sketches in the concerns and situation Nepalese porters find themselves in. Well done Hari!
Dr Jim Duff
I went trekking for five days during the [...]