Plantation Human Development trust (PHDT) is a Human Development Organization, gazette under the Ministry of Livestock & Rural community Development, providing sustainable development programmes, to continuously improve the quality of life of the plantation community totaling to 951,291 people, consisting of 238,159 families.

PHDT has been established by a cabinet decision by the Government, on a proposal made by the then H.E the President, in his capacity as the Minister of Plan Implementation. In order to take over the responsibility to proved health, Childcare & Social welfare activities directed towards improving the social & living conditions of the plantation workers. PHDT was established in 1992 under the companies’ Act No 17^th of 1982, as a nonprofit, tripartite organization. The present composition of the organization is Government Ministries (Ministry of Livestock & Rural Community Development, Ministry of Plantation Industries, Ministry of Finance & Planning and Ministry of Health) Regional Plantation companies and the two trade unions in the plantation sector, Ceylon workers’ Congress and Lanka Jathika Estate Worker Union.

It is head quartered in Colombo & has seven regional office namely Galle, Ratnapura, Badulla, Kandy, Kegalle, Hatton, N-Eliya spread across the palanatation sector while all Regional Plantation Companies, Sri Lanka State Plantation Corporation, Jantha Estates development Board and Elkaduwa Plantation Ltd are drawing on the benefits that flow into the sector by way of services and investment.

From the inception , the PHDT through its extensive network has been facilitating a wide spectrum of social development activities and interventions aimed at improving the quality of life in the plantation sector, besides adding value to its human capital and obtaining productivity gains in the sector. Some of the major activities facilitated by the PHDT over the years are;

• · Development and implementation of new housing and upgrading options with community participation.
• · Implementation of social development, national health and other donor assisted health programmes both preventive & curative.
• · Co-ordination of childcare care programmes through child development centers on the plantations.
• · Training and Development of human resources to provide better quality services to the plantation community
• · Creation of health awareness among residents to improve family and community health
• · Provision of safe water and sanitary facilities with community participation.
• · Assist the creation of grass root level community based organizations (CBOs), i.e. Estate Worker Housing Cooperative Societies for identification of priorities, ensuring quality,cost effective construction, maintenance of these facilities and empowering the workers; while developing economic, social & cultural welfare of the membership.
• · Infrastructure development activities such as; field/ factory rest rooms, improvements to reads/ foot paths, play grounds, elders homes