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THIRST Tea News Update September 2025 Kimunye tea farmers entertain guests during their graduation ceremony following a six months training on August…

Progress report on ActionAid and partners’ pilot programme for Kenyan smallholder farmers and informal workers who are largely ‘invisible’ and whose rights are overlooked.

THIRST Tea News Update August 2025 The predicament of the Bangladesh tea industry echoes many of the challenges faced by other tea…

Upcoming event Sri Lankan tea plantation workers who also engage in the Revenue Share model. Photo: THIRST, 2023 Event descriptionRoshan Rajadurai of Hayleys Tea Plantations will talk us through the Revenue Share Model which offers plantation workers the opportunity to manage their own plucking schedule on an allocated portion of the plantation. Date and time…

The document provides a comprehensive analysis of the factors affecting income disparities…offering practical recommendations for bridging these gaps, supported by case studies that illustrate successful interventions in diverse contexts.

Ongoing protests against wage arrears, poor conditions; impacts of West Asia conflict; Kenya’s shock cancellation of RA certification.

The report highlights poverty and socio-economic insecurity as the major causes of child labour in farming households, particularly in tea-growing households in Malawi. It analyses the current financial landscape of Malawi, identifying financial providers offering services to farming households, and determines the opportunities and challenges of financial inclusion for farming households and their usage of different financial products.

This study aims to document human and labor rights violations – especially sexual exploitation- understand the dynamics that perpetuate them, and assess the capacity of stakeholders to address them. It aims to provide actionable recommendations based on the firsthand accounts of affected women.

This publication examines progress on eradicating child labour and the persistent barriers that prevent businesses from addressing the issue more effectively. The publication serves both as a practical guide and a clear reminder: more action is urgently needed…every business can evaluate its supply chain practices to help prevent child labour.

We need transformational change in the tea sector, with tea workers, industry, governments and NGOs working together so that the people behind the tea we drink can live decent lives. At Fairtrade, we will also be evolving our work on tea, so we can take our own impact to scale.
Read the Brew it Fair report to dive deeper into the reality for tea workers today and how we can all play a part in making the trade system fairer. This report aims to: • Provide an overview of the reality for tea workers today. • Share the views of the people who grow and pick our tea in Kenya. • Make recommendations for how we can all play a part in making the trade system fairer, so the people behind the tea we drink can live decent lives.