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today it's the camel's, him of risking their lives while the senior lead soldiers then taking the explosives. i. hi, how are you? ready for a bank? every day the army comes by to destroy any devices that have been found. i think. why do you insist on destroying the minds yourself in a way it forces? i'm on that in trying to own the army as authorized to designate that no one else. so the army doesn't trust the terminals. you're asking too much. that's exactly the it's clearly a sensitive issue. it's out of the question that these minds full of explosives would end up in the hands of the camels. why? why is she strip of
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land dotted with mines? is the gateway to highly tricia territory, which is also why the channels are taking such great risk to clear it i hope to attract tourists to the area with its unsupported nature, including lakes again, and a little further on along sandy beach. very good sense. the very, very clean water is pretty much leather and you may have that potential for thursday in a few years time, holiday makers may start frequenting these beaches. in the meantime, it's the south of the country that is completely untouched by the rule that profiting from to the potential sri lanka is covered in which vegetation. and there
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are plenty p unique fonts for visitors to discover here, such as this statue overlooking the city of candy. but the biggest drawer for 2 of the animals. i get this fixed up to me this morning. getting ready for a once in a lifetime, 2 week trip through the sri lankan country side the all inclusive package cost $1500.00 euros 60 year old veronique has saved up all year for her dream holiday. hello. don't can we're off on safari and we really hope we'll see all the animals in our guidebook. so my kid, me 6 friends are about to enter the yard national park. and they theresa,
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known to have the biggest, let population on the planet. ah, there we go. gee trip has cost them 25 years protection. it must be one of the cheapest the far is in the world where is thinking and they'll certainly get their money's worth truly mile for the camera. the reserve covers 100000 heck of land to, to get to see buffalo india and also exotic goods that can't be found anywhere else in the home. but the animal everyone is here to see is lifted. the guides are on the lookout,
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while the french tourist getting impatient spot after 6 hours of searching over there. what's that would we be to be cats emerge? no, no. oh, leopards, a very rare also for although beautiful, they can only be found in 7 countries around the world. i don't know why millions were so incredibly lucky. nick and her friends had chosen to cross the center of the country, accompanied by a french speaking god. it's a traditional trail we'll get on here that 30 day long entry lanka,
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taking the train is an experience in itself. the train does a ride to work in a region that's about 2000 meters above sea level. it's main attractions at the t plantations. the legacy of british colonialism today, sri lanka is the world food because the producer of the india and china it's specialty, is the variety named after the british name to the island ceylon a level to begin up with. you learn about the entire process. what is just what we used to make tea for? the young lady just said there's no charge to visit the plantations. the french tourists are happy to go on a walk about,
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but they guide worried about the picture postcard image. the authorities want to convey then stops the group of french tourists thought. don't hang on, stop filming. that's not good for tv. let's get the wicker basket. and all of a sudden the picture appears to be a far more authentic one. just from the pictures on the plantation or all time old women, they work 6 days a week and here the work is done by hand. i don't if i'm so i mean women are paid kilo that might not seem very heavy. with that, i imagine it must be quite difficult in field with tricky slopes come arch key like you can do it in a little over 4 years. says the god, if you and that's not a $120.00 kilos for norfolk you want, you want you to hard work to tickets and 20 years since the
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keeler barely 50 years a month. it adds up to a cheap workforce. ensure lanka, some 1000000 people work on the t plantations. he is 1st and foremost of business. she likes the industry is valued at around 1000000000 years a year. since the end of the colonial period, the market has been controlled by private companies. a few kilometers further on, one of the companies put that he's on prominent display, guaranteeing the health, safety and well being of it's workers. but the truth is rather different. when a company into the tea industry, it buys hector of plantations and also all the people who work on them.
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the lonnie has been working on this plantation for 10 years. she's also tamela. during the day i became a picker because there is no other work here. nathan, i don't have a choice to be a what i have to do. bonnie is now 30, like most of the peak as he, as she was born on this plantation. the t fields are world apart in exchange the small salaries, the companies promised to house their employees and a contractually obliged to do sir. but as for what the company has actually given bonnie and the other peak is slum, hidden away in the middle of the plantation. foreigners and not normally allowed in to enter. we spoke to this man. hello. he's the kind of workers representative. let me show you the conditions we live in
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here. the around 20 families live here in region entry conditions. some don't even have running water. he shows in his house the look, it's full of holes in the sample of one. yeah, the company says it hand renovate the house because the plantation doesn't make enough money. in this village, everyone works at the tea company. the women pick the leaves and men like pad trump maintain the plantation. he's 35 and in charge of spraying the t plants,
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modem is fine with the company has given him this container with no label headroom only knows that he needs to mix with 3 parts water from the river. he was no protection when he's working with the highly toxic chemical i have some gloves, there's a lot about that damaged. so no, i don't whether like, what kind of are the same number? the headroom is criminally under a quit his job is to spray the pesticide he's been working in constant contact with the chemical for 7 years now. 11 health and a half dozen that were, you know,
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a little but i can't stop working last month. his headaches, worse and, and she was unable to work. his absence from work caught him dearly. i only worked a company paid me 1269 rupees were up with. he was only for less than 8 years the to take. there's no health insurance, that's the, that's really good. but if you got ill because of this chemical and the company won't pay him, and they always find someone else to do the work antibodies and cut in durham has little choice. he had to start working again to feed his family. in this village, the t work has seemed to be left to provide for themselves. over several days, we tried to contact the plantations management to no avail. the office several kilometers away. behind this fence.
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but some t produces in sri lanka had made the will being of they work as a key element, their business, the companies like bill my teeth at each of its plantations. it has built proper housing for speakers that don't earn any more than elsewhere. but ro, hand who is in charge of the plantation, has created an environment that is more comfortable for the workers, the salaries, standardized. but we, we tried to help them by other means. we tried to like these gardens, giving them the chickens giving them what he can do is i'll be want to start another beta so that they can buy their katlyn, keep that so that be will be collecting the milk. and if you have a healthy workforce, you're definitely going to get a better and to make family life easier school to be set up inside the
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plantation to ensure the children get notifications. here at least salon t, the famous symbol of sri lanka does not leave this or after the me can i, how can we make fish farming effective, an ecological to on to printer from donna don't just read fish. want to blow up plans from nature here, healthier turns into organic fertilizers, aquaculture into a sustainable ecosystem. eco africa in 30 minutes on d. w.
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