Sri Lanka improves housing for tea workers
New project aims to provide impoverished plantation workers in country’s tea industry with decent housing.
Published On 15 Mar 2014
A new housing project aims to improve conditions for impoverished workers in Sri Lanka’s tea industry.
The industry earned more than $1.5bn last year. But its plantation workers – who are the backbone of the industry – remain among the country’s poorest.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Talawakelle, Sri Lanka.
Source: Al Jazeera