Porter Clothing Banks

Donations of good quality clothes and gear are highly appreciated. What the porters need most are good sturdy boots, socks, fleeces, rain/wind gear, hats and gloves/mittens. Find below the different Porter Clothing Banks and their contact details.

Help needed!

If you are going to Nepal, Tanzania or Peru and could take a bag of clothes over, contact the clothing banks in USA or the IPPG representative in your country. There is plenty of stored gear waiting to find couriers to be taken over!

Nepal
There are now two clothing banks in Kathmandu

·Porters' Progress, contact Arjun, GPO Box 19234 Thamel, ph: 410020 porter@wlink.com.np

·HEC (Himalayan Explorer Club), contact Tara Nath Ghimire, next to KEEP, Thamel, Ph: 259275, members@hec.org

There is also a Porters' Progress clothing bank in Lukla, ask around town.

Africa (Tanzania)
Kilimanjaro Porter Assistance Project, contact Donovan Pacholl, Ph: 744817615, donovan_pacholl@yahoo.com

Peru
Porteadores Inka Ñan, contact Alison Crowther/South American Explorers Club, Apartado 500, Cusco, Ph: +51 84 24 50 21, peru@ippg.net

U.S.A.
HEC (Himalayan Explorer Club), contact Ken Stober, ken@hec.org, Ph: 503-466-2219

Porters' Progress, contact Ben Ayers, info@portersprogress.org

Giving to the Porter Clothing Banks

Many, many individuals and companies have been extremely generous in giving clothes and boots. Remember Nepalese porters are generally much smaller people than white Westerners. Jackets in the 36 to 44 size range are best (S and M), pants with waist sizes 26 to 34, and boots of maximum size 9 and smaller (size range of men's 6 1/2 to 8 are probably most common). Transporting these items to Nepal is still the big problem.

Suggestions:

• Try to find someone going there who could take a bag.
• Put an advertisement in your local trekking shop asking for people who could take some clothing out.
• Ask the airline you are travelling on for excess luggage

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