Appreciation Letters handed over The committee expressed the profound gratitude to Ms. Miek Dornseiffen, Mr. Daniel Gabriner, Mr. Paul Gabriner and Ms. Martha Bakker for the sponsorship of the Union website www.unitrav.org,
by handing over to them appreciation letters in the presence of the
executive member of Nepal Tourism Board and coordinator of the ‘Visit
Pokhara Year 2007', Mr. Basu Dev Tripathi as its chief guest, in April
2007.
Thanks to Mrs. Jennifer Mahran, the company Soles 4 Souls have set aside over 100
pairs of new (trekking)shoes to donate them to the Unitrav!!! The aim
is helping the trekking guides/porters to wear good boots in their work.
This great donation is arrived in Nepal in march 2007.
President
of UNITRAV (Union of Trekking Travels Rafting worker's Nepal), Western
Regional Committee, Mr. Shiva Bhakta Thapa has submitted the following
ten points demand regarding the problems of trekking guides and porters
to the immediate Joint secretary Mr. Shankar Prasad Koirala for
Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on 31 July 2006. This letter was signed by 86 Trekking Guides, who were attended, in a closing ceremony of Eco-Trekking workshop at Pokhara.