The Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project has been using this extraordinary time of pandemic as an opportunity. Covid has facilitated new educational offerings to support self-reliance of the mountain crew. 4,332 mountain crew have participated with the workshops outlined below.
Please consider making a donation so that we can continue to assist the mountain crew in these various ways.
- Budgeting & Money Management: 1,957
- Alternative Income Generating Projects: 1,122
- 1st Village Savings & Loan Association workshop for 76 participants.
- Training of 15 Community-Based Trainers to guide and oversee the savings groups.
- Best practices in Organic Farming: 334
- Vaccine Education Class: 621
- Leave No Trace (LNT) Environmental Care Awareness workshops: 172
- Training of 15 Porters as LNT Instructors – a first ever for porters to be certified as LNT teachers!
Our deep gratitude goes out to:
All of our incredible Donors
Jensen Family Foundation
Exodus Travels Foundation
The Intrepid Foundation