The Diplomat

An Unfair Trade: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tea Workers

For more than two centuries, Tamil tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka have been trapped in poverty, enduring structural ...
WINK NEWS

Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives

CRAIGHEAD ESTATE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Arumugam Manikavalli, awakened by ferocious rain and rumbling earth, fled her home for the safety of a nearby temple on the tea estate where she works. That same ...
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Like wastelands: Sri Lanka tea plantations suffer Cyclone Ditwah’s wrath

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sundaram Muttupillai, 46, had been working on a tea estate in Thalawakelle in Sri Lanka’s central district of Nuwara Eliya since he turned 17. However, a devastating cyclone last ...
Business Wire

Kirin Holdings: Improving The Sustainability Of Black Tea Farms In Sri Lanka Through The Regenerative Tea Scorecard In Conjunction With The Rainforest Alliance

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd. (Kirin Holdings) (TOKYO: 2503) and Kirin Beverage Company, Ltd. (Kirin Beverage) have been working with the Rainforest Alliance since October 2023 ...
UCA News

Women religious empower tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka

Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, said Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation ...