Australia
Balance brought forward:	AUD$4102
Income	State Street SydneyAUD$321 G Marcham AUD$20 M Candusio AUD$80 T. Duratovic AUD$20 Lyn Taylor AdventuresAUD$150 J Parker AUD$75 N Trim AUD$100 RV Giddy AUD$150 CE Bartlett (PAC)AUD$1,875 KS Foster AUD$30 S Fancourt AUD$100 Australian Geographic AUD$500 R H Tiesler AUD$30 HMS (PAC) AUD$1,457 Off the Beaten Treks AUD$ 80 P Royle AUD$50 T Batchelor AUD$200 Various donationsAUD$76 Patagonia & J M Duff fund-raisers AUD$2089
	Total AUD$7403
Expenses	Nomad & Backpackers Expo AUD$505 Photo-exhibition KTM AUD$2614 Website AUD$825 Pamphlets KTM AUD$312 Printing NL & pamphlets AUD$321 Postage AUD$98 Computer & printer AUD$250 Porter Shelter ProjectAUD$1106 Porter Clothing Bank AUD$950 Manang Rescue Fund AUD$190 IPPG- Canada AUD$138 IPPG-Nepal AUD$457 Community Tourism Guide AUD$38 Various AUD$15
	Total: AUD$7819
Balance at 30/12/00:	AUD$3,686

Canada
Balance brought forward:	nil
Income	Everest Trekking C$25 Trek Holidays/Westcan Treks C$100 IPPG Australia C$100
Expenses	Mailout C$75
Balance at 30/12/00:	C$145

Germany
Balance brought forward:	nil
Income	M Schiefer DM1,850
Expenses	Website DM 2,600 Mailing, copies, etc.250 DM
Balance at 30/12/00:	- DM 1000

Nepal
Balance brought forward:	US$22
Income	IPPG-New Zealand US$760 IPPG-Australia US$240 Photo-exhibition donations US$234
Expenses	Photo-exhibition US$234
Balance at 30/12/00:	US$1022

New Zealand
Balance brought forward:	nil
Income	Fund-raiser NZ$1900
Expenses	IPPG-Nepal NZ$1900 Other expenses were covered by TMVC (Travel Medicine and Vaccination Center)
Balance at 30/12/00:	nil

Spread the word, step in and complain about perceived injustices, ask your travel or trekking agent about their policy on porter safety and complain loudly if this is not up to standard. Finally, if you go trekking: take care of your porter

About Porters

by Prakash Adhikari, IPPG-Nepal

This is the only industry which have provided a big employment opportunity for the poor unskilled people of Nepal. Portering is not a hobby but it is a challenge and risk born by the people for their survival. Actually I have a bright hope to improve the situation of the porter. That's why I am happy to volunteer my time and labour for the IPPG. I think you all have to play a role to improve the situation for these porters.
Often porters are neglected by the local lodge. The porters cannot stay in the lodge or teahouse. Sometimes he even cannot buy food. It would be very nice if the tea house and lodge owner on the trekking trail would think that the porters are also an important component of the tourism.
The porters themselves cannot think about the possible danger in the Himalaya and they are compelled to do this job even if they know the possible danger. This is a struggle for survival. In this situation there was a strong need of someone to speak about the porter and forward the venture of promotion of porter safety. That is why IPPG was formed to promote porter safety and help minimize the unnecessary deaths of porters that occur in the Himalaya.

Editorial

The Porter Clothing Bank

IPPG photo-exhibition

Report from Pheriche HRA post, fall 2000

Two incident reports

IPPG projects already started or in the pipeline

Letters from our readers

Reports from IPPG reps around the world

IPPG Annual Financial report

Endorsements