*[Enwl-eng] Kids are buried alive

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For iPhones
                        Apple’s buying metal from mines where kids are sent 
to die. 14 desperate families are now taking the tech giant to court.

                        This landmark case could spell the end for deadly 
mines -- and finally hold companies like Apple accountable.

                        Can you chip in $1 to help these families take on 
the biggest company in the world?




                        Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your 
card.

                        Donate $1 now



            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 Vladimir, 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:

              a.. an investigator to chase down the secret supply chains.
              b.. experts to prove the companies didn’t have to sacrifice 
the health and lives of children, but could have established safe cobalt 
mines instead.
              c.. campaigning to keep up the pressure on tech corporations 
to stop buying metal from those mines.
            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,
            Vicky and the team at SumOfUs


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            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



      SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together 
to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, 
sustainable path for our global economy.


      From: Vicky Wyatt, SumOfUs
      Sent: Monday, May 11, 2020 4:45 PM
      Subject: Kids are buried alive



 
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