Creating Lasting Impact in Trekking Communities
Over the past two decades, we’ve built deep, lasting relationships with our trekking partners and the communities they call home. Through these connections, we’ve witnessed firsthand both the challenges they face and where support can make the greatest difference. By raising funds, we aim to improve access to education, healthcare, opportunities for children, and broader community development. This is our long-term commitment to giving back to the communities that are at the heart of everything we do.
Every Trip Makes a Difference
Every journey with Ian Taylor Trekking directly supports the communities that make these expeditions possible, creating meaningful and lasting impact where it matters most.
Why not take your experience one step further by raising funds for the Foundation? It’s an opportunity to deepen your connection to the places you visit and the people you meet. Together, we can turn every trek into something truly transformative.
Where it Matters Most
Your donation has the power to change lives in a tangible way. Choose to support one of our schools, who are currently educating over 500 children, help bring a much-needed medical facility to life, or contribute to a community center that will serve generations to come.
You can also support the orphanage or help build a new school for children who need it most. Every gift creates real, lasting change.
This is not short-term aid—it is ongoing investment in communities, ensuring resources, opportunity, and support reach the people who need it most.
5 Schools Built
200+ Stoves Installed
17+ Years Supporting Communities
Multiple Regions Supported Worldwide
Where We Work
Our work focuses on communities connected to our trekking operations, ensuring support reaches the regions and people who make these journeys possible.
Nepal
Building and supporting schools, providing clean cooking stoves, and developing access to education and healthcare in remote regions.
Tanzania
Supporting the Themi Orphanage in Arusha, providing care, security, and hope for the most vulnerable children, while working toward placing them in safe and loving homes.
Uganda
Since building the Mt Everest Primary School in 2009, we have remained committed to supporting the education of over 350 children and helping create brighter futures for the next generation.
Peru
Supporting the Inca Trail porter community in Peru by helping build a community center—a shared space that brings people together and supports the wellbeing of the community.
Our Approach
Community First
We invest directly in the communities who support our trekking operations.
Sustainability
We focus on long-term projects, not short-term fixes.
Partnership
We work alongside local leaders and organizations.
Education & Empowerment
We believe education provides the opportunity to change lives.
Respect
We honor local cultures and protect the environments where we operate.
Transparency
All donations go directly to projects with clear accountability.
Current Initiatives
$35,000 – Build community center in a porter village in Peru
$100,000 – Build a medical outpost in Goli village, Nepal (target 2028)
$150,000 – To sustain and maintain current projects
$250,000 – Build a new Everest School in South Sudan (target 2029)
Help Us Continue This Work
Your support helps fund education, healthcare, and long-term community development in trekking regions.
The Ian Taylor Trekking Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible where permitted by law.