Tourism Porters Welfare Workshop Report 2012

Kathmandu Environmental
Waste Management Training & Institutional Strengthening Report KEEP

Education Project (KEEP)
REPORT ON

Porters Awareness Workshop- 2012
Syabrubesi, Langtang Region, Nepal

Our Porters-Our Responsibility

Supported by:

Porters Awareness Workshop Report - 2012 KEEP

A Message from Director

Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) is indeedverypleased and honoured to be a
recipient of grant from the SST (Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism) and the Intrepid
Foundation, Australia for providing their support to this awareness program. With their grant
support made it possible for us to raise the self-image of an essential component of Nepal’s
Tourism Industry – our professional Porters. Without the valuable contribution made by Porters,
Nepal’s tourism industry could not be successful.

This report highlights the “Porters Awareness Workshop - 2012”, held May 3-4,in Rasuwa district,
Nepal for trekking industry porters employed on the Tamang Heritage Trail and in the Langtang
Region. Research shows this area to be the third most popular tourist destination in Nepal. One
objective of the program was to ensure these men and women recognize their importance and have
a sense of unity and solidarity with tourism professionals in all corners of Nepal. Our agenda also
marked May 1 (International Labour Day) with the theme “Our Porters-Our Responsibility”.

We extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to our Chief Course Instructor, Mr. Ian Wall, UK,
Mr. Arjun Kumar Limbu, Coordinator, and various other resource persons for their diligent support
and excellent efforts. It also makes me happy to acknowledge, Mrs. Sharki Tamang, President of
the Mothers Group, for her generous presence and encouragement of the course participants.
During the Closing Ceremonies and distribution of Certificates, it was my pleasure to congratulate
all workshop participants. I believe the knowledge gained by them will be of great benefit in their
profession and in their daily lives.

Once again, I would like to express gratitude to our generous supporters for giving us this
opportunity to work in partnership with them on this humanitarian initiative. This program is a very
positive step toward achieving a higher degree of sustainable, professional Tourism in Nepal.

Thank you all.

DB Gurung
Director
KEEP Nepal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR
ACRONYMS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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1. INTRODUCTION 5

2. PROGRAM GOAL,OBJECTIVES AND COVERAGE 5

3. PROJECT LOCATION AND TIME FRAME 6

4. WORKSHOP TARGET GROUP 6

5. WORKSHOP DELIVERY METHODOLOGY AND EXPECTATIONS 7

6. SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS 7

7. PARTICIPANTS’ FEEDBACK 13

8. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14

9. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WORKSHOP 14

ANNEXES

ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
ANNEX 2: PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION
ANNEX 3: COURSE SCHEDULE & RESOURCE PERSONS
ANNEX 4: PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP
ANNEX 5: CERTIFICATE SAMPLE
ANNEX 6: PORTER’S AWARENESS BROCHURE
ANNEX 7: T-SHIRT SAMPLE
ANNEX 8: KEEP PORTER’S CLOTHING BANK PROMOTION
ANNEX 9: KEEP PRESS RELEASE
ANNEX 10: PORTER’S GUIDELINE BOOK

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The SST (Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism) and the Intrepid Foundation granted a fund to
the Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) for the project “Porters Awareness
Workshop-2012”, held May 3-4, at the Syabrubesi, Rasuwa district, Nepal.

The target group of the workshop was the tourism porters from the Tamang Heritage Trail (a
recently opened trekking destination) and the Langtang Region including the small communities
located in Langtang National Park. These two areas have an enduring, historic lifestyle, a rich
cultural heritage of inherent in the ethnic Tamang community, combined with the outstanding
scenery of the rugged peaks of the Langtang and Ganesh Himal Ranges of the lofty Himalaya. The
majority of participants in the group were members of the Tamang community and their
overwhelming desire to be involved in the workshops was gratifying.

The course curriculum included practical subjects such as “Portering as a Profession”; “Basic First
Aid”; “National Park Rules & Regulations”; “Up-Grading Opportunities from the Porter Level”;
“Mountain Environment”; and “Basic Rights Issues & Problems Expressed by Tourism Porters”.

Acronyms

CPR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

NP National Park

AMS Acute Mountain Sickness

LNP Langtang National Park

KEEP Kathmandu Environmental Education Project

NTB Nepal Tourism Board

PCB Porters Clothing Bank

FITs Free Independent Trekkers

SST Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism

THT Tamang Heritage Trail

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1. Introduction
Porters are the backbone of the tourism industry in Nepal and in many other developing
countries; despite this fact, they are commonly neglected in the circle of the tourism industry
and there is no consistent industry standard or code governing their rights, safety or working
environment.

Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP), since its establishment in 1992, has
endeavoured to be the “voice” of Porters employed in the tourism industry of Nepal. In the
early years of KEEP’s existence, we filled the role of an Advocate on behalf of Porters, in addition
to offering some useful training programs, such as First Aid Courses. For several years, we
recognized the critical need for a Porters Clothing Bank (PCB). Initially, in the late 1990’s we
partnered with the newly formed Porters Progress organization to provide this service from a
corner in the KEEP office. Finally, in 2009, with support from the International Porter
Protection Group (IPPG) and several other organizations, KEEP was able to establish this
essential program under its own banner. In 2011, KEEP introduced a workshop, similar to the
recent awareness program, for the very first time. That workshop was held in the capital city of
Nepal, Kathmandu. We later realized the program would achieve an even greater impact if we
took it to Porters in their home towns, as many of them could not afford to come to city to stay.
Therefore, this proved to be a successful strategy for the workshop recently held in the remote
village of Sybrubesi, Rasuwa district. The village of Syabrubesi is a 7-hours bus drive North of
Kathmandu city. Many Porters in Rasuwa are relatively new to the tourism industry. Most of
these Porters work on one of the newer trekking routes, the Tamang Heritage Trail, and in the
Langtang region. Statistics of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) indicate Langtang is the third
most visited tourist destination in Nepal.

Worldwide, May 1 (The International Labour Day) is celebrated each year but its existence and
significance is unknown to most porters in developing countries. KEEP’s aim, in conducting the
workshop during the month of May, was to influence the tourism industry regarding these
issues and to encourage them to treat their porters in a responsible and ethical way. It was also
an opportunity to educate the Porters regarding their right to a safe and ethical workplace
environment.

2. Program Goal, Objectives and Coverage
The program goal was to strengthen the tourism porters to deal with their problems
individually by imparting awareness.

The following were the workshop objectives:

a) To enable the 50 Porters (labourers) through group discussion and presentations, to
understand the responsibilities of their job: including duties, problem solving of issues and
government policies relative to the provision of insurance by their employers, working
conditions and employee rights,
b) To teach the Porters practical skills and knowledge needed for their job such as basic First
Aid, prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), Safety procedures, , National Park rules
and Regulations and other important issues that will enable them and their co-workers to
trek responsibly in the Himalayan mountain environment.
c) To inform and raise the level of awareness and understanding of these 50 porters as well as
other tourism stakeholders, of important porters’ issues including the services available
through the KEEP-Porters Clothing Bank and procedures to borrow from the PCB.
d) To publish the Porters Guideline books for easy reference for all Stakeholders.

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The major contents coverage was as follows:

i) Porters as a Job-Sharing exchanging issues and publish into Porters Guideline book
ii) Basic First Aid course, Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), Safety
iii) Tourism Porters’ Human Rights and How to deal issues.
iv) National Parks –Rules and Regulations, importance of NP
v) Mountain Environment and Responsible Trekking
vi) KEEP PCB promotion and Procurement method.

3. Project Location and Time Frame
This Workshop was held in the village of Syabrubesi, in the general area of the ‘Tamang
Heritage Trail (THT)’, situated north of the Kathmandu Valley and adjacent to western boundary
of the Langtang National Park, Langtang National Park is the third most popular trekking
destination after the Everest and Annapurna Regions. The geographic location is 28o 09’ 28’’ N
and 85 o 20’ 35.19” E (see Fig.1). The workshop was conducted on May 3-4, 2012, from 10.00
am- 3.00 pm on the first day and from 8.00 am to 1.30 pm on the second day.

Project location

Fig.1 Geographical location of the Project site: Syabrubesi,Langtang Region.
4. Workshop Target Group
We surpassed our original workshop objective of 50 Porters by 50%with a total of 75
participants in attendance (See Annex 1).

Only four persons, of the seventy-five in attendance at the workshop, were employed by a
trekking company. The other participants were employed by Free Independent Trekkers
(FITs). Only a few of them have worked outside the Tamang Heritage Trail or Langtang region.
In this area, the tourism stakeholders were primarily the hotel owners. Many of the workshop
participants live in the buffer zone of Langtang National park.
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5. Workshop Delivery Methodology and Expectations
A variety of communication methods were used, including:

-MS power-point slide show presentation by Lecturers,
- Group discussion, Brainstorming and Participatory presentation by participants
-Practical demonstration & scenario/situation discussion,
-Plain English language used at most, and Nepali script was also accepted.
-Printed promotional materials of workshop
-National Park books citing rules and regulations.
-Porter Guidebook publication

Each participant was expected to learn from each presentation and questions/answers. Session
participants were strongly encouraged to ask questions and take part in all discussions in order
to gain the maximum benefit from the workshop.

This workshop was facilitated and delivered by the Chief course Instructor, Ian Wall, UK; Mr.
Buddhi Raj Pathak, Assistant Conservation Officer, Langtang National Park; Mr. Rajendra
Karmacharya, First Aid trainer, former sub-inspector at the Gov’t Hospital, and Mr. Arjun Kumar
Limbu, Program Officer of KEEP. The course schedules and its details are attached to this report
(See ANNEX 3).

6. Summary of the Workshop Proceedings
The workshop was conducted for two days:

DAY 1: May 3, Thursday, 2012

Registration for the program began at 10.20 am in the training hall at Syabrubesi. After
registration, all participants were given a set of stationery (File bag, pen, copy, color pens, chart
paper) plus a workshop Tee Shirt for ease of identification throughout the workshop period.

Fig. 2 Group Activity (Outside and Inside a Training Hall)

The first session started with a group discussion, sharing their personal thoughts regarding
portering as a profession. The participants were divided into 6 groups of about 10 people in
each group. Each group was provided with a chart paper and colored pens, to record their
issues/problem/solutions for the questions the following questions:

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i) What problems have you faced while
working as a tourism porter?

ii) What things should be prepared before
we plan to go trekking?

From this first session, it was hoped the
answers to the above questions would help the
participants to analyze and understand why
they faced such problems, and what could have
been done in advance to prevent having these
problems. The main objective was to be aware
of potential problems and prepare physically,
psychologically and emotionally before heading
off to trek with a load. The other potential
benefit of this session was to learn and share
experiences and knowledge that could help
each other in the future.

Following the small group discussion period,
each group was given an opportunity to present
their key issues and suggested solutions to the
entire workshop attendees. More discussion
ensued with additional ideas suggested of how to
prevent or resolve these problems.

The highlighted key problems and preparation
outlined and presented by each presenter from
formed groups were as follows:

Group 1: The problems were:

Inadequate Equipment& Gears (Rope)
Sunglasses, Shoes
Salary
No Jacket for raining Fig.3 Participants’ feedback in the group work activity
No Medicines during trek sick ,
No Insurance from Trekking office
Deport in the middle of Job with some excuses like problem of insufficient carried
food items for complete trekking groups in mountains. (For 18 days’ agreed job initially,
deport us after 5 days- we also have our plans-they shouldn’t treat us like this, we’d
other better options than to be deported on too early)

Group 2: The presented problems were:

a) More weight than assigned load (Before trek agreed on 30Kg, later 45-50Kg on field).
b) No clothing sets according to temperature
c) Less salary than agreed/assigned by government
d) Language barrier to speak with tourists even though there’s a great interest.
e) Improper fooding and lodging
f) No knowledge on Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) even after being victim.
g) No Sunglasses provided for snowy conditions
h) No wind and waterproof jackets, No Proper shoes for walking in snow
i) Guides are barriers to speak with tourists (Guides often worry if Porters would benefit
more/damage trip etc.)
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Group 3: Problems presented

a) Heavy Load
b) Less salary
c) No suitable clothes
d) No necessary info, workshops for
porters
e) No porters are provided any info
regarding trekking.
f) When porters have problems, Guides do
not let them communicate with tourists.
g) No availability of medicines
h) Improper fooding management
i) Hoteliers’ perspective towards
‘Porters’: Treat with us very
inhumanely (We are human too!!)
j) Tips from Guests (Tourists) to Porters is not available to us
k) No insurance for Porters

Should know things before
trekking:
a) Regarding trekking
b) About Standard load weight,
and carrying items
c) About Geography and local
Cultures and customs
d) First Aid


a) More weight than weight
approved by government
b) No proper clothing according
to altitude and temperature of
local trekking areas
c) AMS in mountain and Vomiting
in lowlands (Don’t know why it
happens!! No medicines, No
Help)

Should know things before trekking:
a) Insurance is a must.
b) Knowledge on First Aid
c) Should learn English language
d) What food and accommodation will be provided/available in trekking route?
e) What shoes, sunglasses and clothing will be provided/available according to local
environmental/ geographical terrain conditions?


a) Inadequate& discriminate in salary- Before trek, agree on daily basis, however, paid less
most often (once I was paid for only 15days’ salary for 18 days’ hard work).
b) Poor sleeping area – No facility of sleeping bag and Shoes
c) After reaching mountain areas, guides/hoteliers neglect porters.

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Group 6: Problems presented:

DAY 1-AFTERNOON SESSION

After meeting our objectives for this first session, the second session began immediately after
lunch for an hour. This second session was facilitated by Mr. Buddhi Raj Pathak, Assistant
Conservation Officer, Langtang National park, on following topics:

-National park’s (NP) rules and regulation& its history and Necessity of NP, legal issues,

-Mountain environment& geography, importance of environment and biodiversity, waste
disposal inside NP, Wildlife Habitat and some animals’ behavior

-tourists’ interest in National park, Permits & Fees, off-beaten trekking opportunities inside
NP, & security issues,

- Anti-Poaching& Poachers, Camping equipment inside NP, Wildlife disturbances by tourism
activities, animal-buffer zone conflict, indigenous people’s right based approach on local
resources [ILO (169)], Sustainable Forest Use

-Informing illegal activities to Security officers of NPs, Govt. officers-humanitarian job.

Mr. Pathak discussed the subject matter
with a reference to a national guidance
book of the national parks which had
legal issues as shown in Fig 4.

Some of the questions raised by
participants were as follows:

i) Porters are Poor, Why can’t we use
our own forest for living?
ii) In case if animals attack us, is it ok
to kill those animals?
iii) Why don’t we have right at least to
use dry forest products by Buffer
zone people?

Fig. 4 Mr. Buddhi Raj Pathak, Assistant Conservation
Officer, Langtang National Park
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With all the answers to their queries
by Mr. Pathak, the first day was
officially ended. It was agreed
between all participants to attend
day 2 sharp on 8.00 am and they
were reminded to wear the T-shirts
which had logos, messages of
supporters of this workshop with an
objective to let know visiting tourists
know about it.

DAY 2: MAY 4, FRIDAY, 2012

All the participants arrived by 8.30
am, even though, we agreed at 8.00
am time. Our first session was the
basic First Aid course, and Mr.
Rajendra Karmacharya, First Aid Instructor, facilitated it. He introduced himself and gave
everyone a warm welcome to his session. He suggested going outside the hall into the field so
that all could observe the practical aspects demonstrations because our space was very small
space for 75 people. We chose a location under a shade tree and everyone sat in a circle around
the Instructor.

He began with a question, ‘Have you ever fallen/seen accidents during trekking or in your daily
lives?

One of participants, Mr. Ashok Lama, Gatlang village of THT, shared his problem with all of us.
“Few years back, while expedition to the ‘Meera Peak’ of height 6476m, I had a severe stomach
pain and I didn’t know what to do or who to be told about this problem. At times, I felt vomiting as
well.

To his scenario, Mr. Rajendra assumed a possibility of a food poison, and explained that such
incidents could occur anytime not only in trekking. With this, he highlighted importance of First
Aid and began with a definition and objectives of it step by step.

The subjects covered by Instructors were:

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Fractures,
Bleeding (Internal/External),
Choking, Diarrhoea
Sprain & Musculoskeletal problems while carrying load,
Acute Mountain Sickness.

In each section, the instructor asked a few interesting examples of possible problems and asked
participants what they would do in such situation.

For Example.

 If someone’s arm is fractured/impaired/pinned by anything, what to do?
 What are the symptoms of AMS?

During Fractures session, a volunteer among participants was called up and displayed a
practical demonstration of the triangular bandaging step by step method. Such demonstrations
made topic interesting and practical as shown in Fig 5.

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Fig.5. Demonstration of a Triangular Bandaging method by Rajendra Karmacharya, First Aid Instructor.

DAY 2-AFTERNOON SESSION

It was 12.30 pm, then, the second session
of the second day was facilitated by our
Chief Course Instructor, Ian Wall, and his
topic entitled “Working for the Benefits of
Porter” summed up all the aspects of our
workshop: Our Porters-Our
Responsibility, as shown in Fig 6. The first
day’s issues, problems were recalled to
discuss further.

His presentation included:

 Why are you working in the
trekking?
 Then, what do I have to be a good
porter? Fig. 6. Ian Wall: lecture& presentation.

Employment conditions- working for company or FITs? If you know your
rights, don’t be taken advantage of and do not to accept duties that endanger
either yourself or your clients. Check Insurance.
Knowledge-Know the company name, contact details of your company, guide
name/telephone number, address, passport number of your clients [FITs].Know
your rights. Know your trek details. Types of Porter/Load. Know where to get
help. Map reading, Daily pace,
Issues of Concern: Salary, food, accommodation, AMS, Insurance, Rescue,
weight, interaction with clients, up-grading opportunities to become guide and
leader, language skills, Clothing
Status: Professionalism in work, dressing, duties, respect and improved status.
Increase self-esteem, valued by family, community, & industry.
Language Skills: command respect and improved status, Chances of better
salary & tips, interaction with clients.
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Professionalism: Are you serious in your Job? Look, Act & Speak professional.
Good communication with your guides. Working in different mountain climates;
Willingness to work hard. Happy, Cheerful and smiling nature all the time.
Dangers: Helicopters rescue steps, parts of helicopters; Accidents; sun burn,
avalanches, grounds/snow. Getting lost due to weather/route knowledge lack.
Anything is possible!! Portrayed about a professional photographer now,
former porter with him just two years before. It’s possible!!
Our Guides Tomorrow: Up-grading to become a guide with better salary, better
status. So, to acquire knowledge, Skill Trainings like First Aid course, Navigation
course, Client awareness course, Communication skills.
KEEP Porters Clothing Bank- History, Available clothing sets, procurement
methods. Yes, KEEP PCB (Porters Clothing Bank, Kathmandu city, Nepal, Phone
no, address, website provided), explained procedures to procure it
Know symptoms of hypothermia and AMS?
KEEP is here to help tourism porters!!

On this day, May 4th 2012, a Closing and Certificate distribution ceremony was held marking the
successful conclusion of this two days’ workshop with attendances of local dignitaries’, KEEP
Director, DB Gurung, KEEP board members & Staffs, Resource person, participants, media
persons. During the ceremony, our Chief Guest of honor, Mrs. Sharki Tamang, Chairman of local
women’s group, congratulated and awarded a certificate of completion to all participants
involved in this workshop. At this ceremony, KEEP Director, DB Gurung, expressed sincere
appreciation to the SST Foundation and Intrepid Foundation for their generous support with
enabling KEEP to conduct this awareness program. He was happy to see more than expected
number of participants in attendance to take this practical course. He also congratulated
everyone for completion of the two days course and encouraged to use these skills in their
professional life.

7. Participants’ Feedback

Participants had given feedback to us formally and informally. The informal feedback was the
issues raised during casual conversation between participants and workshop coordinators, as
follows:

This was the first time such an essential workshop has been conducted for us in our
homeland.
Participants’ arrival was delayed due to a strike day in a border district, Nuwakot. Some
participants were from distant rural areas. It took time to reach this training hall.
KEEP should report and raise our voices to the government, national and international
organizations so that something is done regarding our problems, issues.
There is a need of a PCB at Syabrubesi as this is a gateway to the Langtang region and
Tamang Heritage Trail.
They were happy to share and discuss about these issues/problems with their
colleagues and KEEP.
The First Aid course was very essential.
All participants were excited to learn about KEEP’s PCB& its procurement method.
More excited about topics like the up grading opportunities to become a guide, leader
from their low status, Portering job.
This workshop was attended by a total of 75 participants. That number was 50% more
than expected. As a result, the training Hall was crowded and possibly less attention
paid to cover all.
Necessity of a Tourism Porters’ Union.

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8. Conclusion and Recommendations

The two days Porters Awareness Workshop was successfully conducted by KEEP for May 3 -4,
2012 at the Syabrubesi with support from the Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism (SST)
and the Intrepid Foundation for the tourism porters from Langtang region.

Based on the workshop overview and participants’ feedback, below are some few specific
recommendations arisen from the discussions:

i. There was a common consensus among participants to KEEP that in this area there
should be a Porters Clothing Bank. Therefore, it was suggested that KEEP should
convince concerned partner organizations to play a vital roles to ensure a PCB is
established at Syabrubesi.

ii. KEEP should take porters’ real problems, issues to the government, national and
international organizations so that positive action is taken to improve their situation.

iii. Continue to conduct more workshops, training, and other educational programs for
their welfare, better economic and upgrading opportunities.

9. Lessons Learned from this Workshop
The lessons learned were both positive and negative.

 The negative lessons were possibly less attention paid individually due to more number of
participation than expected. At times it was also realized the difficultly to control the mass,
especially during group participatory activity.

 Porters’ life is very grim and often people treat them inhumanely.

 New young generations of porters continue to generate who also need to be updated
constantly through welfare programs.

However, the positive lessons were:

 More participants than expected, is a good sign of people’s interest in this workshop and
expected greater positive impacts to many.

 Multitude hidden issues were raised from groups and a facilitator should be very patient to
deal with their concerns.

 This workshop was more effective and was better at reaching the target groups than the
workshop held in Kathmandu in 2011.

 New young generations of Porters help to continue this tourism industry they are more
educated and aware of many things.

 This workshop also led us to understand further about their interests, necessities and
concerns for their future welfare programs.

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ANNEXES
ANNEX 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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ANNEX 2: PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS

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ANNEX 3: COURSE SCHEDULES AND RESOURCE PERSONS
The following table was the program details.

KATHMANDU ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECT (KEEP)
TWO-DAY PORTERS WELFARE WORKSHOP-2012, Syabrubesi May 3-4, 2012
TOPIC Time Program Resource Person
DAY 1 9.30 am Participants Arrival and Registration
Introduction 10:00am Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Purpose & Expectations KEEP-Arjun
Experience sharing from Porters: Porter as a Job: Problems, Need,
Issues shared from IAN WALL, UK /ARJUN LIMBU,
10:30am Difficulties, Future, emergency & preparedness, Insurance policy,
Porters KEEP
securities and porter’s rights in Nepal. Govt Policy., security
12:30 Lunch
NP Legal issues, regulation, plan & policy in reference to Langtang NP, Buddhi Raj Pathak, Assistant
National Park (NP) 1.30pm dos n don'ts, tourists attractions, the Mountain environment, Solid Conservation Officer, Langtang
waste, Entrance Fees, Dos n Don’ts in NP National Park
DAY 1 Closing
Theory, Practical: Basic First Aid, CPR, Choking Bleeding, Skeletal
DAY 2: 8.30am RAJENDRA K.
Muscular, Sprain, Fracture, Altitude Mountain Sickness (AMS)
First Aid & SAFETY
Break ( 10 minutes)

PORTER JOB & Working for Porters Benefit: Responsibilities as a Porter, Porters right,
Human Rights; 12.30pm Up gradation opportunities, KEEP -Porter’s clothing Bank (PCB) History, IAN /ARJUN
PCB & INTERACTION Clothing details, & Procurement methods.

Closing 1.30 Certificate Distribution & Closing Ceremony KEEP


ANNEX 4: PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP: BRAINSTORMING


ANNEX 5: CERTIFICATE SAMPLE


ANNEX 6: BROCHURE


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ANNEX 7: T-SHIRT SAMPLE
FRONT PART BACK PART


ANNEX 8: KEEP PORTERS CLOTHING BANK (PCB)
PROMOTIONPRINTED AT TOURISM NEWSPAPER


ANNEX 9: KEEP PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE

Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) has been promoting sustainable
ecotourism since its inception through its various activities. "Porters Welfare Program" is the
major activities of KEEP and under this activity; KEEP has been running various workshops
for the welfare of porters and also practically helping them by equipping with essential
complete sets of clothing for trekking from KEEP Porters Clothing Bank.

On May 3 & 4, 2012, KEEP conducted a Two Day Porters Awareness Workshop at
Syabrubesi for the porters of Tamang Heritage and Langtang region. The workshop was
successfully completed on May 4. This workshop was attended by 75 porters from different
villages of Langtang region. The workshop entitled awareness in the porters as a profession
& rights, hygiene and sanitation, trekking responsibly & solid waste management, Basic First
Aid skills & acute mountain sickness, National park rules and regulations. The workshop
was supported by the SST (Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism) and the Intrepid
Foundation. This workshop was conducted with a theme of “Our porters-Our
Responsibility”.

The certificate distribution ceremony was held on May 4, 2012. The chief guest of the
ceremony Mrs. Sharki Tamang, President of the Mothers groups, distributed the certificates
to all participants. DB Gurung, Director of KEEP highlighted of the workshop and its
importance. He also encouraged all the participants for being a responsible porter while
trekking in the mountain. The Chief course instructor, Ian Wall, UK and KEEP Director, DB
Gurung congratulated all the participants and wishes that this knowledge will be of great use
during their profession and in their daily lives.

DB Gurung
Director
KEEP

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ANNEX 10: PORTERS GUIDELINE BOOK
ANNEX 11: Program PHOTOS

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Report by-May 2012
Kathmandu Environmental Education Project
Kathmandu, Thamel
Nepal
www.keepnepal.org

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