Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group...

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Tea Campaign Update

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Page 1: Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North.

Tea Campaign Update

Page 2: Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North.

Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens

• The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North Bengal (Jalpaiguri) as part of a fact finding mission.

• The Legal Advocacy Group stayed with the workers’ families in the gardens.

Page 3: Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North.

Article on Tea Published

• Two articles on the tea crisis written by volunteers

• One article published in the Times of India

• Posters and bookmarks designed by volunteers

Page 4: Tea Campaign Update. Volunteers visit the Tea Gardens The Legal Advocacy Group and an IIM group undertook field visit to the tea garden area in North.

Communication Group

• Communication group ready with a street play. Direction and Script writing by volunteer.

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Legal Advocacy Group

• 15 members (law students) part of the group.

• Objective of the group is to take a critical look at violation of the rights of tea garden workers (particularly the violation on the minimum wage legislation by the employers)