John, Kids are buried alive -- suffocating in collapsed tunnels -- to mine precious metal for mobiles and laptops. Now devastated families from the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dell and Tesla to court in the US. It won’t bring their children back, or allow those with injuries to walk again. But John, if you help fight this court case, it will help these grieving families -- and it will force huge tech companies to stop buying metal from death-trap mines. That’ll put those mines out of business -- and stop any more kids dying for phone batteries. Can you chip in $1 to the fund to put the tech giants on trial?
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card. Yes I can chip in $1 to stop kids dying in the dark. Just a kid, Raphael died alone, crushed by rocks. It’s hard to think of his tears and terror, buried in the dark. When Raphael’s family could no longer afford to send him to school, he did what most kids in his village do. Age 12, he went to work at the nearby cobalt mine for about $1 a day. In April 2018, he was crouched in a tiny tunnel digging for cobalt, when the roof collapsed. Sixty-two people died that day. But if we help their families win this legal case, it will force Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla to cut their ties with deadly mines -- helping send them out of business, so no more kids die in the dark.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card. Yes I can chip in $1 to end deadly cobalt mines. Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla have hired some of the largest law firms in the country to fight the claims of the mining victims. The fourteen families from Democratic Republic of Congo are being helped by a Congolese professor, a human rights lawyer -- and you! They’ve filed the legal case. But there’s an urgent need for donations to pay for:
It won’t come cheap. But if enough of us chip in, we can help make sure the case is watertight and end deadly mines. We’ve helped communities around the world win legal battles against huge corporations before. Let’s win this for the family of Raphael and for kids in danger right now.
Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card. Yes I can donate $1 to stop kids dying in mines. 
Thanks for all that you do, More information: Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths, BBC, 16 Dec 2019 I saw the unbearable grief inflicted on families by cobalt mining. I pray for change, Guardian, 16 Dec 2019 Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining death, Guardian, 16 Dec 2019 |
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