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Module 6

Module 6. Why Human Dignity gets crushed: The Four Failures. In the West we are surrounded by nice images We ’ re not encouraged to ‘ look beyond ’ them Behind the packaging there is plenty of human suffering and injustice. Tea picking is a long hard slog in the heat and humidity of a day

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Module 6

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  1. Module 6 Why Human Dignity gets crushed: The Four Failures

  2. In the West we are surrounded by nice images We’re not encouraged to ‘look beyond’ them Behind the packaging there is plenty of human suffering and injustice Tea picking is a long hard slog in the heat and humidity of a day The least we could do is ensure that a hard day’s work is rewarded with a fair day’s pay But this is often not the case with big brand tea and coffee companies 1 Failure to see …

  3. A day in the life of a tea picker "Our biggest problem is that we have too much to do. In the morning we prepare meals and get the children to school. We have no time even to eat. I have to work very fast, so I get very hungry. We have to carry 10-15 kilos of tea to the weighing place, which can be three quarters of a kilometre away. After work it is the same - we have to do all the cooking and collecting firewood and getting water. We eat rice and one vegetable. We would like to have two or three vegetables but we cannot afford it. Towards the end of every month we find it difficult." Sivapackiam has been picking tea on the same tea estate for 23 years. Her mother and grandmother did the same job before her, and it's a hard life. She takes home the equivalent of 80 pence a day.

  4. We see the same situation with big brand clothing and sports retailers … One of the most notorious examples is the Gap Clothing Company It has a range called ‘Gapkids’ But actually the real ‘Gap kids’ are the ones in sweat shops that make the clothing for a pittance … So that western kids can buy them at a huge mark-up Failure to see …

  5. “When (people) eat chocolate, they are eating my flesh.” Other Examples …

  6. Some Facts …

  7. 2 Failure to see a human

  8. Stalin & the Soviet Union 30 million?

  9. Pol Pot & Cambodia 2 million?

  10. Mao & China 30 million +

  11. 3 Failure to see a human in need 'Bullied' teenager killed himself Loneliness 'problem for the old' 32 elderly people a day die alone at home. Mam, I'm sorry I have done this, I'm not a nice person. I'm sorry I didn't live up to your expectations.

  12. 4 Failure to see a brother or sister in need

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