Michal Marek Hōʻike ʻia e Amnesty International ua hōʻike aku kekahi o nā mea hoʻolako o nā hui ʻenehana nui, me Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung a, no ka laʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻo Daimler a me Volkswagen i ka hana keiki. Ma ka Lepupalika Demokarata o Congo, ua komo nā keiki i ka ʻeli ʻana o ka cobalt, a ua hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana o nā pā Li-Ion. Ua hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau mea i nā huahana o kēia mau hōʻailona nui.
Ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka cobalt i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, hele lōʻihi ia. ʻO ka cobalt i ʻeli ʻia e nā keiki i kūʻai mua ʻia e nā mea kālepa kūloko, nāna e kūʻai hou aku iā ia i ka hui mining Congo Dongfang Mining. He lālā kēia o ka hui Kina ʻo Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Ltd, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Huayou Cobalt. Hoʻoponopono kēia hui i ka cobalt a kūʻai aku i ʻekolu mau mea hana ʻokoʻa o nā ʻāpana pākahi. ʻO kēia nā Toda Hunan Shanshen New Material, Tianjin Bamo Technology a me L&F Materal. Kūʻai ʻia nā ʻāpana pākaukau e nā mea hana pākaukau, a laila kūʻai aku i nā pākaukau i hoʻopau ʻia i nā hui e like me Apple a i ʻole Samsung.
Eia naʻe, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Mark Dummett mai Amnesty International, ʻaʻole ia e kala ʻia i kēia mau hui, a ʻo nā mea a pau e loaʻa kālā mai ka cobalt i loaʻa ma kēia ala pono e komo ikaika i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kūlana pōʻino. ʻAʻole ia he pilikia no ia ʻoihana nui ke kōkua i kēia mau keiki.
“Ua haʻi aku nā keiki iā Amnesty International ua hana lākou a hiki i 12 mau hola i ka lā ma nā mines a lawe i nā ukana kaumaha e loaʻa ma waena o hoʻokahi a ʻelua kālā i ka lā. I ka makahiki 2014, e like me ka UNICEF, ma kahi o 40 mau keiki i hana i nā mines ma ka Democratic Republic of the Congo, a he nui ka poʻe i ʻeli i ka cobalt.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana o Amnesty International ma nā nīnauele me 87 poʻe i hana i loko o nā mines cobalt i hoʻopaʻi ʻia. Ma waena o kēia poʻe he ʻumikūmāhiku mau keiki ma waena o nā makahiki 9 a me 17. Ua loaʻa i nā mea noiʻi nā mea ʻike e hōʻike ana i nā kūlana pōʻino i loko o nā mines kahi e hana ai nā limahana, pinepine me ka ʻole o nā lako pale.
Hana maʻamau nā keiki ma luna o nā ʻili, lawe i nā haʻahaʻa kaumaha a mālama mau i nā kemika weliweli i nā wahi lepo. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lepo cobalt i ka wā lōʻihi i hōʻike ʻia e hoʻokau i nā maʻi ʻulaʻula me nā hopena make.
Wahi a Amnesty International, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ʻia ka mākeke cobalt ma kekahi ʻano a ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻole like me ke gula Congolese, tin a me tungsten, ʻaʻole ia i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea "pilikia". ʻO ka Democratic Republic of Congo ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka hana cobalt o ka honua.
ʻO Apple, ka mea i hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻokolokolo i ke kūlana holoʻokoʻa, he pro BBC ʻōlelo ʻo ia penei: "ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae i ka hana keiki ma kā mākou kaulahao lako a haʻaheo mākou e alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana ma o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana palekana a palekana."
Ua ʻōlelo aku ka ʻoihana e hana ia i nā loiloi koʻikoʻi a pono nā mea hoʻolako e hoʻohana ana i ka hana keiki e hōʻoia i ka hoʻi palekana o ka limahana i ka home, uku no ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana o ka limahana, hoʻomau i ka uku i ka uku o kēia manawa a hāʻawi i ka limahana i kahi hana i ka manawa a hiki i ka mea i koi ʻia. makahiki. Eia kekahi, ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Apple e nānā pono i ke kumukūʻai i kūʻai ʻia ai ka cobalt.
ʻAʻole kēia hihia ka manawa mua i hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hana keiki ma ke kaulahao lako o Apple. I ka makahiki 2013, ua hoʻolaha ka hui ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka launa pū ʻana me kekahi o kāna mea hoʻolako Kina i ka wā i ʻike ai i nā hihia o ka hana keiki. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Apple i kahi hui hoʻokele kūikawā ma ke kumu kula, nāna i kōkua i ka papahana i kapa ʻia mai ia manawa. Ke kuleana o ka mea hoʻolako. ʻO kēia ka mea e hōʻoia ai e hele mai nā mea āpau i kūʻai ʻia e Apple mai nā wahi hana palekana.
ʻAʻole paha maloʻo kekahi maka. ʻAe, e kākau wau i kēia manaʻo, e wāwahi i ke kelepona me ka hāmare a hele i ka nahele e ʻohi i ka ʻili. Pono kekahi e hoʻomaka. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻo nā kelepona ka mea a "Kongo Children Friendly" i hāʻawi. ʻO kēlā me kēia makahiki, ke ʻano hoʻohālike, e liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ke kukui uila. Inā he 1mm ka mānoanoa o nā kelepona me ka ʻole o nā pila, a laila hiki i nā keiki ma Congo ke pāʻani me ka hauʻoli. Pono mākou i nā koa keiki, ʻo ia kā lākou pāʻani ʻāina punahele.