In coordination with the International Labour Organization and World Education, Porters’ Progress is helping to reduce the number of rural children working in the portering trade. Child porters have little opportunity to study, and are particularly vulnerable to psychological and physical development issues. Also, mobile child porters are becoming particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection, as well as becoming victims of the growing insurgency in Nepal. This initiative combines aggressive child-to-child advocacy and awareness programs with a myriad of formal and non-formal educational opportunities for child porters. It encompasses a wide variety of innovative programs for both child and adult porters including a Micro Health Insurance Program for adult porters, and mobile IT-based learning opportunities for child porters. Initially, the project will focus upon community development and livelihood improvement in the remote Khotang District of Eastern Nepal, and on-the-trail advocacy for children working on the main trade routes of Eastern Nepal. We expect our work in this area to expand as porters gain more experience leading the program.