Tea Campaign Update

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Tea Campaign Update
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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.

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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

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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)