KILIMANJARO PORTER VOICE: LUMA, AGE 24

Many porters in Kilimanjaro express the same conditions:
1. There is a lack of economic opportunities besides portering.
2. They become porters out of necessity.
3 They do not eat on the trail or only eat once.
4. No gear provided by companies.
5. They sleep in crowded tents with minimal bedding.
6. Porters are reluctant to share company names they work with for fear of retaliation.

There’s big money in the trekking tourism industry and yet porter conditions remain substandard.

Porter rights are worker rights.

Worker rights are human rights.

Let’s listen to, celebrate, amplify and elevate the porter voices.