Sri Lanka's plantation workers are a long-marginalized group who ... to work on plantations that grew first coffee, and later tea and rubber. Those crops are still Sri Lanka's leading foreign ...

They differ from Jaffna Tamils who originate from Sri Lanka's north. Schmoo Theune Dirt roads connect the workers' housing to the tea plantations. Tea bushes are grown on steep hillsides a metre ...

With the recent wage hike given to plantation sector workers, Sri Lanka’s once lucrative tea industry is facing a threat of collapse due to the inability to increase labour productivity and declining ...

Two centuries have passed since indentured laborers were taken to Sri Lanka for plantation work ... that poignantly capture the plight of tea estate workers in Sri Lanka. Vinodh's work serves ...

Time stands still at the Tea Plantation Workers’ Museum & Archive in Gampola. Located in a row of traditional line rooms that are over a century old, the museum attempts to convey what life was like ...

marks 170 years as the apex representative body of Sri Lanka's plantation industry. Through its leadership, the PA has played a pivotal role in shaping the nation's economy, particularly in sectors ...

10/17/2024 October 17, 2024 The hill country Tamils in Sri Lanka, workers who have shaped the nation's tea industry for centuries, continue to live on the margins. Despite their invaluable ...

Sri Lanka has earned a global reputation for its high-quality tea, thanks to the generations of workers who bring this "green gold" to life. From the high-altitude slopes where leaves are carefully ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – Caritas Sri Lanka (SEDEC) recently released two reports based on research aimed at transforming the life of Sri Lanka’s plantation ... endured by workers and children ...