RSTGA
Rungwe Smallholders Tea Growing Association
- 15,500 smallholder tea growers
- Located 950km from Dar-Es-Salaam, the capital of Tanzania
- Established in 1998
- Partners with Cafédirect since 2004
did you know?
Rungwe Tea & Tours is a community based tourism program initiated by the tea farmers of RSTGA, who were inspired by the principles of Fairtrade...
Cecilia Mwambebule
RSTGA tea grower
"Without Teadirect our lives would not be the same. I thank all those who drink my tea and hope they know the good things it does for me and the others in my place...."
Lazaro Mwakajila
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Lazaro was a Cafédirect board member, and was hugely influential in the promotion of fair trading practices in his home country of Tanzania. His death in October 2006 was a great shock to us all and his legacy lives on both here at Cafédirect, and with our tea grower partners in Tanzania.