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News
4/4/2008 "Die kleinen Menschen, die die gro§en Lasten tragen",
a photo exhibition in Austria of porters in the Himalayas, in the Andes and on Mount Kilimanjaro, by Robert Lessmann continues. More details here.
2/2/2008 Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post 2007 autumn report
26/1/2008
"Die kleinen Menschen, die die gro§en Lasten tragen",
a photo exhibition in Graz, Austria of porters in the Himalayas, in the Andes and on Mount Kilimanjaro, by Robert Lessmann. More details here.
15/11/2007 Update on the Bhujbas Porter Shelter project and photos
19/9/2007 Many thanks to Dr Mike Grocott, leader of the Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical expedition, for his help in transporting boots for porters to Nepal
18/9/2007 Reports are coming in of several porter deaths due to hypothermia on Kilimanjaro in late August
16/9/2007 The new Bhujbas Porter Shelter is now open!
6/8/2007 Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post 2007 spring report
17/4/2007 Bhujbas Porter Shelter: a new promising project in the Gangotri Valley, Gharwal, North India
15/3/2007 Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post 2006 autumn report
31/12/2006 Better late than never: the March 2006 newsletter is now online.
You can also download a pdf version.
3/12/2006 The Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post is now officially open!
27/11/2006 IPPG website now in Japanese!
17/7/2006
Article to read: Less than $1 a day and some rice
22/6/2006
The Gorak Shep porter shelter project is becoming a reality! More on it coming soon.
22/6/2006
See the latest pictures of the solar system at Machermo. Thanks to all donors!
2/4/2006
The Thomas Maren Foundation (USA) has donated $26,000 to the Machermo project.
14/3/2006
Welcome to Anindya Mukherjee "Raja", the new IPPG-India rep!
21/1/2006
Teach porters in Tanzania. More info
20/1/2006
The Mountain Fund has donated $1000 for the Machermo project
4/1/2006
Medical Expeditions (a UK Mountain Medicine Education Charity) has raised over 1000GBP for the Machermo project
23/12/2005
The British Embassy Kathmandu has donated 1665GBP to the Machermo project
21/12/2005
Most of the money raised to build the Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post came from the generosity of bidders for Ed Hillary's signed pictures (by Doug Scott) of the Hillary step, Everest. Thanks!
11/12/2005
Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post autumn report
8/12/2005
Boots needed! More info...
8/12/2005
Welcome to Drs Nick and Emma Mason who are our newest UK reps.
30/8/2005
Peregrine Adventures
will run a series of fundraising treks for IPPG. More
info.
24/7/2005
IPPG invited to
speak on belhalf of porters at 3rd
Global Summit on Peace through Tourism to be held in Thailand
this October.
25 /6/2005
Machermo Porter Shelter and Rescue Post spring report
24/6/2005
Kilimanjaro Guides
and Porters Union June Newsletter
16/6/2005
Welcome to Peter
Ling, the new Tanzania rep!
30/3/2005
The 2004 newsletter is now online!
Download a
PDF version of this newsletter (1.1MB)
30/1/2005 Amazing opportunity to help build the Machermo Porter
Shelter and Rescue Post: Doug Scott, renowned British mountaineer
and photographer, has managed to get Sir Ed Hillary's ORIGINAL
signature on a limited number of his photos (or posters) on
Mt Everest. Click here for details
10/12/2004 IPPG employs Chhewang Sherpa as Machermo porter shelter/rescue post manager
in Nepal
9/12/2004 Inka Porter Project (IPP) update, raffle
and newsletter
16/11/2004 DCXP Mountain Journeys (Australia) has become the first company to become
a 'summit success' sponsor (a commitment to an annual contribution
of over US$1000 for at least 3 years).
15/11/2004 Himalayan Adventure Company/Gurkha Encounters (UK) becomes a 'Camp 3' sponsor
(a commitment to an annual contribution of between US$500 and US$999 for at least 3 years)
14/11/2004 K2
celebrations continue a history of neglect
14/11/2004 Machermo
porter shelter/rescue post update
28/08/2004 Classic
Journeys (UK) becomes IPPG's first trekking company to
sign up for our sponsorship
scheme, becoming a 'camp 3' sponsor
01/07/2004 Five
porters drown in Pakistan
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