Tusker spends over 60% of its total revenue in Tanzania. This money contributes a great deal to the welfare of the local community where we operate.
Tusker Trail pays its crew extremely well, and way above the average wage standards. Each year the following crew and staff feed their families from our climbs:
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2,275 Porters
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18 Professional Guides
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8 US office staff
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5 Moshi Operations crew
These bullets reflect the number of crew directly employed by Tusker. It does not reflect the hundreds of family members supported through the hotel and other peripheral services.
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Community Projects
TUSKER'S PORTERS
Over a period of a full year, Tusker employs 2,275 porters. And there's a waiting list among porters to work for Tusker. Tusker's porters are extremely well paid, well looked after, and well respected.
We pay them 25% more than the standard porter wage and ensure that they have the proper gear, clothing, good meals, and we give them the same medical checkups that we give our clients. If any porter or guide gets sick on a climb, Tusker evacuates them to be examined by our consulting doctor and Tusker covers all the costs.
Kilimanjaro Porter Assistance Project
The only organization fighting for porter rights and porter working conditions is the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistant Project
(KPAP). This is a non-profit organization based in Moshi that works on shoestring. And they're doing a superb job. Eddie Frank is a consultant to the small organization, and donates a fair amount of money and lots of his time to help it survive. The other so-called "porter unions" are merely fronts for commercial outfits.
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Kilimanjaro Porter Assistant Project
