destitute sanitation meant Surma valley workers and their families were often sick,but a hygiene project has brought them a healthy water supply and safe toiletsBina Patru is unsure of her age. She thinks she is in her mid-40s, but knows that she has spent a lifetime toiling in the tea bushes that carpet the rolling hills of the Surma valley of northern Bangladesh.
A slight figure in a shining yellow sari, or she has just returned from a morning pruning plants and pulling up roots as the tea gardens prepare for the start of harvest for the world’s favourite drink.
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Source: theguardian.com