Economic Civic Education - Tea Leaf Trust
Date and time is TBD
|Maskeliya & Nanu Oya
As part of Arutha’s core mission of advancing economic knowledge and literacy among Sri Lankans, Arutha has been engaging closely with the Tea Leaf Trust to deliver economic civic education to TLT’s students, teachers and administrators.
Time & Location
Date and time is TBD
Maskeliya & Nanu Oya, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
About the event
As part of Arutha’s core mission of advancing economic knowledge and literacy among Sri Lankans, Arutha has been engaging closely with the Tea Leaf Trust to deliver economic civic education to TLT’s students, teachers and administrators. Tea Leaf Trust is a non-profit that delivers English, career guidance and critical thinking curriculums to students in the Malaiyaha Tamil community, who reside in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. Arutha’s partnership with the Tea Leaf Trust has shown the enthusiasm that young teachers have for civic economics and their interest in sharing that knowledge with their wider communities.
The Malaiyaha/up-country Tamil community that resides and works on Sri Lanka’s tea estates remain systemically marginalised by state and corporate actors. Key services such as health, infrastructure and critical education are not made accessible for them. Due to this, students work much harder than those in other regions to access tertiary education and sustainable employment. Institutions like the Tea Leaf Trust (TLT) support students in these circumstances.
‘Economics for everyone’ training workshops