Kathmandu, June 21 -- Although it has gained a reputation primarily as an adventure travel company, the managing director of Five14, Jiwan Rana Magar, explains that the company is a group of six interrelated ethical businesses that work together to prevent exploitation in Nepal. The six businesses under Five14 are: an adventure travel company, a bed and breakfast, a catering company, Karios Cafe, a sales office (that operates in the US) and a non-profit foundation.

When it was launched in 2011, the founders of Five14 (Rana Magar being one of them) were mainly working to prevent exploitation of women in rural areas of Nepal. They had been hosting and facilitating trekking trips of students from foreign (mostly American) universities throu...