“The association is fighting for our rights.”
Lucy Wanjiru Gatungu, tea grower, Kenya
Tea
We support workers and growers who are transforming the tea sector.
In 2020, the UK drank more than 100 million cups of tea a day, practically all of it imported, often from Kenya and India.
Transform Trade works alongside communities exploited by tea estates helping them to demand change and develop other sources of income, outside the tea sector.
We also support smallholder tea growers to adapt to climate change, sell their produce for a fair price, and improve their working conditions.
“The life of our people here has changed like night and day”
Johura, tea grower, Bangladesh
Facts about tea
2p
The average tea worker earns 2p for every box of 80 tea bags sold for £2 in UK supermarkets.
9/10
Nine out of 10 hospital patients from tea plantations in India are malnourished
10m
In India, approximately 10 million people work in the tea industry
“I have been fighting for women, and no man will mistreat women while I am around.”
Grace Ngambi - NCFA board member and tea grower
