{"id":40154,"date":"2020-04-15T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=40154"},"modified":"2020-04-16T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:08:29","slug":"the-african-non-profit-supporting-kilimanjaro-mountain-crews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2020\/04\/the-african-non-profit-supporting-kilimanjaro-mountain-crews\/","title":{"rendered":"The African non-profit supporting Kilimanjaro mountain crews"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"ej ek el em en eo da db paragraph-image\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40159\" style=\"width: 618px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nyange-Adventures-kili.jpg\" alt=\"Climbers celebrating having reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nyange-Adventures-kili.jpg 618w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nyange-Adventures-kili-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbers celebrating having reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Photo credit: KPAP partner Nyange Adventures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">E<\/span>very year some 50,000 people attempt to summit the mountain. About a third or more don\u2019t quite make it. Whether or not you stand under that triumphant sign has a great deal to do with the quality of your guide and porter team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\">The minimally-staffed but very proactive not-for-profit<a class=\"co if je jf jg jh\" href=\"https:\/\/kiliporters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\"> Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project<\/a> or KPAP was formed in 2003 to attend to the needs of porters who annually make multiple treks up this magnificent mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\">In times past, those porters, many, if not most, of whom come from farming backgrounds, didn\u2019t always have the proper clothing or gear, or even food to sustain them as they carried often huge loads of tourist gear to the camps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\">KPAP has worked hard to change all that through a variety of projects, including a Partner for Responsible Travel Program in which all companies are welcome to participate. These Partner companies have committed not only to improve porter conditions but also to being monitored as to whether or not they actually maintain those conditions. It\u2019s an extraordinary job. But it has paid off in better conditions for the porters who often have done the most work for the least pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\">Now KPAP is working closely with its partner companies to inform and support mountain porters, guides and the wider community who depend on them during this unprecedented crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\"><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Julia Hubbel. Read the full article on Medium: <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/illumination\/what-now-of-the-kilimanjaro-mountain-crew-dcd80edef17d\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8216;What now, of the Kilimanjaro Mountain Crew?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"is it dx ar iu b fy iv ga iw ix iy iz ja jb jc jd ec\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project has been working closely with its partner companies to inform and support mountain crews and the wider community during this unprecedented coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514,534,14,3177],"tags":[1697],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The African non-profit supporting Kilimanjaro mountain crews<\/title>\n<meta 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