For plantation companies

Healthier workers, a stronger estate

Kushalam asks for booth space and short, planned work-time windows. The project covers the rest.

Why it matters to your estate

~115,000

workers across 25 RPCs

~50,000

workers left in five years

66%

of surveyed tea workers are women

Losing an experienced plucker to late-stage cancer, or to caring for a sick relative, is a direct cost to the company (ILO, 2024).

Factory-based women's health programmes report lower absenteeism and turnover (Russell et al., n.d.), and early cancer detection at work is linked to longer working lives (UICC & Bupa, 2016). Those findings come from other workplaces, so Kushalam will measure participation and disruption on the estates themselves.

What we ask of your company

Your contribution	Detail
Booth space	A private space away from the estate office for a portable booth
Work-time window	90 minutes per session, with plucking quotas reduced pro rata. Each woman is away about 15 minutes, about 14 women at a time, so plucking rounds continue
Authorised leave	The half-day for results and any colposcopy or treatment visit count as authorised leave, so attendance bonuses are not affected
Support at estate level	The superintendent, estate medical officer and welfare officer co-sign the estate MOU, and the welfare officer schedules windows by field team

Booth space and work time are given in kind. The project pays each woman's travel and half-day wage for results and hospital visits, so no absence is paid twice or deducted.

What your company receives

Estate-level participation figures for welfare reporting and buyer standards, with no individual results
A seat on the HPV Track Partnership Board, nominated through the Planters' Association of Ceylon
Recognition at the dissemination meeting in November 2028

What your company will never receive

Participant lists, test results or any information about an individual woman. This protects workers' trust and your company's reputation.

How agreement works

1
Sector (Jan – Feb 2027)
The Project Lead and the RDHS present Kushalam to the Planters' Association of Ceylon and the Plantation Human Development Trust (PHDT).
2
Company (Feb – Mar 2027)
We meet the chief executive and the HR and welfare heads of each company with a shortlisted estate, and sign the company agreement.
3
Estate (Mar – May 2027)
One meeting per estate, where the estate team, union representatives and CDF women delegates sign the collective MOU.

If something goes wrong

If a supervisor refuses release despite the agreement, the liaison officer raises it with the company welfare head within a week, then through the RDHS grievance route. If a company withdraws, a reserve estate takes its place, and the booth can move to a community venue after the shift.

Get in touch: Dr Anjali Perera · demo-contact@example.org (demonstration only, not monitored)