{"id":4938,"date":"2015-07-19T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2015-07-15T12:25:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T18:25:02","slug":"awr-continues-to-support-imecs-kilimanjaro-porters-assistance-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2015\/07\/19\/awr-continues-to-support-imecs-kilimanjaro-porters-assistance-project\/","title":{"rendered":"AWR Continues to Support IMEC&#8217;s Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adventures With Reach is happy to announce that we have renewed our support of\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainexplorers.org\/\">International Mountain Explorers Connection<\/a> (IMEC) and its <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiliporters.org\/\">Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project<\/a> (KPAP)<\/strong>. \u00a0AWR has been one of IMEC&#8217;s Partners for Responsible Travel for 5 years. \u00a0We here at AWR believe it&#8217;s important to improve the lives of\u00a0the porters who assist\u00a0our clients in reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. \u00a0Although we strive to provide our clients with great value, we believe that cost is not the only consideration when traveling. \u00a0We consider ourselves\u00a0obligated to support sustainable and responsible tourism by helping the local economy, particularly the porters on Mt. Kilimanjaro, because without them, most of us would not reach our goal of reaching the summit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4941\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2015\/07\/19\/awr-continues-to-support-imecs-kilimanjaro-porters-assistance-project\/summit27\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg?fit=400%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"summit27\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg?fit=400%2C300\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4941\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg?resize=274%2C205\" alt=\"summit27\" width=\"274\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/summit27.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a>As an IMEC Partner for Responsible Travel, AWR has committed to ensure that our local outfitter on Mt. Kilimanjaro follows\u00a0IMEC&#8217;s recommended Guidelines for Proper Porter Treatment and allows monitoring by IMEC. \u00a0AWR&#8217;s local outfitter on Mt. Kilimanjaro has agreed to, among other things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay porters an <strong>acceptable wage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Make <strong>timely payments<\/strong> to the porters<\/li>\n<li>Implement a tipping procedure so that the <strong>porters receive the tips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ensure porters carry <strong>no more than 44 pounds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Provide at least <strong>two free meals a day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Furnish the<strong> proper gear and tents<\/strong> for the porters<\/li>\n<li>Provide<strong> medical treatment<\/strong>, including assisting the descent of an ill porter<\/li>\n<li><strong> Assign climbs<\/strong> without regard to bribes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project<\/strong> works to improve the working conditions of the porters on Kilimanjaro by: <strong>lending donated clothing<\/strong> for free to porters; <strong>providing free educational classes<\/strong> to porters in First Aid, Money Management, and English; and conducting <strong>educational outreach<\/strong> to the public regarding porter working conditions. \u00a0AWR clients have generously supported KPAP with cash and clothing donations. \u00a0If you would like to learn more about IMEC and KPAP before booking your Mt. Kilimanjaro climb, please visit their websites, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainexplorers.org\">http:\/\/www.mountainexplorers.org<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiliporters.org\">http:\/\/www.kiliporters.org<\/a>. \u00a0And to learn more about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro with Adventures Within Reach, please visit us here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/tanzania\/kilimanjaro\/.\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/tanzania\/kilimanjaro\/.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventures With Reach is happy to announce that we have renewed our support of\u00a0the International Mountain Explorers Connection (IMEC) and its Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP). \u00a0AWR has been one of IMEC&#8217;s Partners for Responsible Travel for 5 years. \u00a0We &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2015\/07\/19\/awr-continues-to-support-imecs-kilimanjaro-porters-assistance-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"AWR Continues to Support IMEC's Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project (KPAP) #AdventureTravelNews @AWRadventures #Kilimanjaro","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,17,22,23],"tags":[71,249,142],"class_list":["post-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kilimanjaro","category-news","category-sustainable-tourism","category-tanzania","tag-climb-kilimanjaro","tag-kilimanjaro","tag-kilimanjaro-climb-cost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-1hE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4974,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}