Our donors and supporters | Sponsorship scheme

BECOME PART OF IPPG

IPPG has no membership. You join by donating time, effort, skills or cash! Contact your country representative or the secretary if you can help. If you wish to become a representative in your country, read becoming an IPPG rep for more info on what it entails.

SPREAD THE WORD

Print off and disseminate any of the information on this website, in particular the guidelines for ethical trekking. Anyone can be an activist and lobby government and media. all we ask is that you check with your country representative or the secretary before using IPPG’s name.

WHILE TREKKING

If you employ porters, follow the guidelines for ethical trekking and treat your porters as you would like to be treated yourself.

If you go trekking with a trekking company, ask them about their porter treatment policy.

Finally, report any incidents of neglect or abuse that you witness while trekking. If possible, take note of the date, place, time and group involved and what exactly happened; photos are useful. Please send your reports to us.

ORGANISE A FUNDRAISER

Are you about to embark on your ‘adventure of a lifetime’? Why not ask all your friends and family to sponsor you for it and raise a donation for IPPG? For example you could ask them to sponsor you for 1¢ / 1p a meter climbed if you’re going up, or 10¢ /10p a kilometer if going along!

DONATION OF CLOTHES

Should you wish to contribute clothes or footwear for porters clothing banks, contact us. Useful clothes include good quality wind shell, fleece jackets and boots (up to size 9). Don’t forget clothing may be dropped off at a clothing bank after your trek. 

MAKE A DONATION OR BECOME A SPONSOR

One-off donations are always welcome, contact your country representative or the secretary. Better still join our sponsorship scheme. In some countries, donations are tax-deductible. For donations in Australia, UK and Europe, please see notes at the bottom of this page.

Donations in AUSTRALIA

In Australia, AFAP and IPPG are working jointly in the delivery of aid to communities overseas. AFAP closely monitors the work of IPPG to ensure the delivery of relief and/or development programs in Nepal, Tanzania, Peru, Pakistan and India in terms of project outcomes. AFAP allows IPPG to use donated funds or donations in kind only for benevolent activities undertaken by IPPG.

We, IPPG, do not have DGR status in our own right and are relying on AFAP’s DGR endorsed status by the ATO.

AFAP retains the ultimate discretion whether to distribute any funds in accordance with the preference expressed by the donor.

Here is how you can make a donation to IPPG in Australia:

1) Send a cheque in the name of ‘AFAP’ to:

AFAP
PO Box 12 Crows Nest
NSW 1585

Make sure you include a note saying this is a donation for IPPG (which is one of the numerous partners of AFAP), with your contact details (so we can send you a tax-deductible receipt).

2) Through internet banking/direct deposit:

Bank: National Australia Bank
Address: 81 Macleay street, Potts Point, NSW 2011
Account name: AFAP OVERSEAS AID FUND
BSB: 082-048
Account number: 50-941-2614

Make sure your name and IPPG appears in the reference.

Please send an email to christine.carberry@afap.org informing her of the amount of the transfer, saying this is a donation for IPPG (which is one of the numerous partners of AFAP), with your contact details (so a tax-deductible receipt can be sent to you).

3) By phone:

Contact AFAP, Ph +61 2 9906 3702

Make sure to say this is a donation for IPPG (which is one of the numerous partners of AFAP), and to give your contact details (so a tax-deductible receipt can be sent to you).

Donations in the UK and EUROPE

Here is how you can make a donation to IPPG in the UK:

1) Send a cheque (in pounds) in the name of ‘IPPG’ to:

IPPG c/ Bob Cassidy
37 Redfern Road
Walton, Stone
Staffs ST15 0LF, UK

2) Through internet banking/direct deposit/electronic transfer:

Bank: Llyods TSB
Address: Birmingham branch
Sort code: 30-00-06
Account number: 01963917
Name: International Porter Protection Group
IBAN: GB25 LOYD 3000 0601 9639 17
BIC / SWIFT: LOYDGB21044

Our donors and supporters | Sponsorship scheme