Ashely Judd simply shocked the social mediasphere for 2 reasons: one, she broke her leg so badly that she needed a longer sanatorium stay. Two, she did that in the middle of a jungle in the Congo. Ashley, what are you doing?
While different celebs have gotten hate for travelling mid-pandemic, Ashley's reasons for flying all the means from her home in the USA to the barren region of West Africa are in reality lovely noble. Here's what the former A-lister has been up to.
She's Researching a Humanitarian Crisis
Ashley's observation about tripping and nearly losing her leg mentioned that she used to be in the jungle as part of a UN analysis group. According to an IG Live interview she gave this weekend, her team was headed to seek advice from mineral wells in the jap Congo.
Most of us are accustomed to the concept of a 'blood diamond' (thanks Kanye) however there are other precious minerals being mined in Africa that power our trendy phones, laptops, and good units. Congalese children risk their lives to gather those minerals, and Ashley says enough is enough.
"Our consumer practices help create and sustain the complex humanitarian crisis that is in the Congo, we have to talk about what's happening," she explained to the reporter on IG Live. "The minerals that come out of the east are what is enabling us to have this live conversation."
She's Educating People About 'Conflict Minerals'
Ashley's hobby for this factor used to be clear as she described, in element, exactly what battle minerals are all about.
"The coltan, and the tungsten, and the tantalum - it's what makes the screen light up, it's what makes things flicker, it's what makes things go 'ping' and 'ding' and all of those alerts," she said. "And those are called conflict minerals, and I'll tell you who's getting the minerals out of the ground. Little children."
Ashley knows what she's talking about. Recent experiences have shown the direct connection between mineral mining and kid exploitation. Companies like Apple now need to publicly share exactly how struggle in the Congo is a part of their trade type.
She Wants Fans to Be Mindful
We can't all move to the Congo presently and help kids dig for tungsten. What Ashely says we CAN do is stay the ones running stipulations in thoughts once we purchase our units. Maybe consider carefully ahead of upgrading that iPhone.
"Our consumer practices, as far fetched as that may sound to some people, are contributing to Faisa [a child miner] walking in the forest and his flip flop breaking," she stated. "We must understand that what we do on a daily basis, in our sweet little home in America is connected to the misery and suffering of the Congo."
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