Helping Porters in Nepal

Ben Ayers was a college student who went to Nepal for a semester and discovered a cause. He founded Porter's Progress, a group that helps the porters of Nepal. Porters carry the loads on tourist expeditions. They often carry much more than their body weight up the highest mountains in the world without proper cold weather gear- all for very little pay. Find out more at www.portersprogress.org This interview originally aired in December 2001.