Sentences with phrase «tea plantation worker»

This past January, master's candidates in the International Education Policy (IEP) Program traveled to Sri Lanka to conduct field interviews with tea plantation workers, government ministers, and leaders of international nonprofits for a research capstone project.

Highlights of the trip include meeting with the Honorable Minister of Education of Sri Lanka at the President's home, visiting with tea plantation workers and their local schools, and discussing the research topic with leaders of the Sri Lankan Commissions for UNESCO and UNICEF.

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Amba Estate, a 26 - acre tea plantation in Sri Lanka, shares 10 percent of its revenue with its workers.

Even though the British are long gone, the tea plantations continue to thrive and the hillsides are covered in the emerald green bushes, dotted with workers still picking by hand.

According to AccountabiliTea.org, the company part - owns Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) which is reportedly the second largest tea producer in Assam, India, and employs 30,000 workers.

In my last post about my trip to Kenya to visit the Lipton Tea plantation, I talked about the benefits to the workers of the education of their children, and how the treatment of workers is one of the cornerstones of