Congo's Cobalt - In Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Congo's Cobalt - In Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Where
Online
Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
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When
June 22, 2023 at 11:00am - 12pm
Contact
Lucy Hobgood-Brown

+61 417 272 101

Join HandUp Congo’s Dr Michael Nest for a timely, online conversation with two experts on how modern-day slavery, human trafficking and child labour powers today’s electronic world.

How can we lead change in our device-driven global society? 

This discussion will feature Claire Harrisresearcher with experience in the implementation of ethical sourcing in supply chains, and award-winning author Siddharth Kara. 

The topic will be based on Kara’s book, Cobalt RedDr Diulu Kabongo, a Congolese emergency medicine specialist, will describe the vital need for trained healthcare workers in the artisanal mining sector.

Questions are welcome in advance via [email protected] or in the chat box.

Registration of AUD $5 (USD $3.50) with proceeds going to emergency medicine education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. With the help of the DRC Emergency Medicine Association www.amurdc.org we can make a difference.

Can’t attend but would like to make a difference? Tax deductible donations available through Rotary www.rawcs.org.au Project Building a Healthy Congo - 47-2015-16, designate ‘mining’.

In collaboration with the DRC Emergency Medicine Association www.amurdc.org and Australia’s Refugee Week 18-24 June. The 2023 theme is Finding Freedom. https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/.

Will you come?