World Expedition - Index

World Expedition - booklet - Index

nepal & india
Our porters in Nepal and India and other mountain regions
always carry efficient kerosene or other liquid fuel stoves.
This adds significantly to our costs but maintains our
minimal impact policy, ensuring that our trips do not
contribute to deforestation and associated erosion or loss
of biodiversity in regions which are struggling with these
serious threats.
Our local employment policy and high standards of training
in first aid leadership, communication and high altitude
trekking ensure that our travellers receive the best possible
care on their trip. Our employment of local people
wherever possible has many benefits for our travellers, our
hosts, and for us:
� There is no better person to teach you about the
landscape and culture than a local person. Employing
local people ensures that World Expeditions’ travellers
receive credible knowledge and treatment. Local
intelligence underpins our ability to operate genuine ‘off
the beaten track’ experiences away from commercial
travel routes.
� Employing local people ensures a good proportion of
participants’ trek fees remain with the people who are
custodians of the places and cultures visited.
� Our expert staff training team is introducing effective
skills in developing nations such as top quality remote
area first aid techniques.
� English language, leadership and communications skills
are fundamentals in our training process. World
Expeditions provides opportunities for personal
advancement, industry-leading conditions and inspiration
in communities where employment conditions can be
very harsh.
� World Expeditions employs a generous number of
porters on trek in order to implement our minimal impact
policies. These extra porters carry kerosene fuel in and
take rubbish out. World Expeditions pay porters a per
kilogram cash bonus for rubbish returned at the end of
the trek.
This policy has been implemented to combat the habit
of disposing unnecessary waste into glaciers and over
cliffs.
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