Bandi Mbubi: Demand a fair trade cell phone
반디 음부비(Bandi Mbubi): 휴대전화 공정무역을 요구합니다
Bandi Mbubi would like to make sure that you are using a fair trade cell phone. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
고향인 콩고민주공화국을
무슨 상관이 있는지 말씀드리겠습니다.
핏자국이 서려있습니다.
중요한 도구가 되었습니다.
다 갖추어져 있습니다.
공정거래는 이루어지지 않고 있습니다.
콩고에서 벌어지는 뇌물 수수와
노키아는 콩고의 채광에 관련해
청원이 있기도 했지요.
거의 제대로 배달조차 되지 않았어요.
그분들을 알아갈 수 있게 되었지요.
감사합니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bandi Mbubi - Social Justice ActivistBandi Mbubi would like to make sure that you are using a fair trade cell phone.
Why you should listen
Bandi Mbubi grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, experiencing first hand the political unrest and oppression which have since worsened there. As a student activist, Bandi suffered persecution and fled the country, seeking political asylum in the U.K. But Mbubi has kept his home country on his radar, noting how the mining of tantalum -- a mineral used in cell phones and computers -- has fueled the ongoing war there in which 5 million have died.
While Mbubi sees the cell phone as an instrument of oppression for this reason, he knows that phones can also bring great freedom. And so he has formed CongoCalling.org, a campaign to inspire both the public and companies that make electronics to pay attention to how tantalum used in consumer electronics is mined and traded.
Mbubi is also the Director of the Manna Society, a center for the homeless in South London, and a Trustee of Church Action on Poverty.
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