The Porter Voice Collective
We listen, celebrate, amplify and elevate the porter voice
The Porter Voice Collective was born out of the desire to listen to, celebrate, amplify and elevate the voices of the porters in the trekking tourism industry worldwide. It is a collection of their voices from Peru, Nepal, and Tanzania. We aim to bridge the gap of knowledge between tourists that walk the mountain trails and the men and women who are the core foundation of the trekking tourism industry. We are creating a collection of global voices by sharing stories as told by the porters themselves in the three most influential trekking tourism industries in the world – Peru, Nepal and Tanzania. As tourists, we also encourage you to add to these voices as an ally of the porters worldwide. Our mission is
Our mission is to advocate for the human rights of the porters and create Workforce Equity Tourism in the trekking industry worldwide through the use of storytelling and media in all forms.
The Porter Voice Collective was initiated by Marinel M. de Jesus, Esq. a Filipina American and a former civil rights attorney from Washington, DC turned writer and global human rights advocate.
The Porter Voice Collective is comprised of porter voices from Nepal’s Himalayan Trails, Peru’s Camino Inca and Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro. PVC is a media platform that aims to tell the true stories of porters and their lives on the trails. PVC utilizes storytelling as a means to create advocacy towards the creation of WORKFORCE EQUITY TOURISM which ensures that companies and the industry as a whole respect the basic human rights of porters and adhere to equitable treatment of all individuals who work in the trekking tourism industry.
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