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Rana Plaza disaster and rehabilitation by CDD Bangladesh
- 1. The story of Rana Plaza and CDD Nazmul Bari Director Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
- 2. Garment industry of Bangladesh • Apx 5,000 RMG industries • Export oriented US $19 billion dollar a year industry • 78% of country’s total export • Second only to China • Employs 4 million workers, mostly young women from poor families • Complaints of unsafe and difficult working conditions • Low pay – cheap products
- 3. Why buyers are interested in Bangladesh’s RMG industry? Answer = Cheap Labour = Low Cost = More Customers = More Profit!
- 4. Rana Plaza • Rana Plaza – 8 Story building • Permission up-to 6 floors, 2 additional floors built • Built on filled-up pond – weak foundation • Low quality materials used in construction • Top 6 floors Garments, remaining 2 floors were shops • Generator & heavy equipment fitted at the top floors • 4,000 people working inside the building • Ignored factory & fire safety rules • Building owner very powerful and influential
- 5. Events of 23rd April at Rana Plaza • Cracks seen – Workers evacuated by local administration and seals building for further assessment • Workers scared and does not want to return to work • Owner tries to justify that building is safe • In the evening owner assures staff that building is safe and also warns that people not coming to work on 24th April might lose job • Most workers are poor, are afraid of losing job and returns to work early hours of 24th April
- 6. 24th April – Blood @ Rana Plaza • 8:00 AM – 4,000 workers enter Rana Plaza for work. • 8:15 AM – Workers though afraid start working with their heavy machine • 8:40 AM – Electricity gone – Big Generators started, building starts shaking • 8:41 AM – Building shakes strongly – Cracks are bigger – plaster falling off – workers panic & run – building starts to collapse – beams & pillars falls on workers – whole building collapse in a few minutes. • 8:50 AM – Local people starts rescue, Civil defense and Armed forces join – Nation is shocked – anger sparks nation wide protests
- 7. Blood @ Rana Plaza 1,129 workers died! 2,515 injured! Many dead bodies not identified! DNA tested! Many still reported missing! A number of injured have developed disability!
- 8. Rana Plaza – Before & After Before After
- 9. Rana Plaza – After events in photos Search Rescue
- 10. Rana Plaza – After events in photos Death Injury
- 11. Rana Plaza – After events in photos Missing people
- 12. Situation of people at risk of disability
- 13. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions Rapid assessment & database Emergency relief & Assistive devices to hospitals
- 14. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions – New leg for Arati After returning from hospital – measurement at CDD Now
- 15. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions – Before receiving new arms
- 16. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions New arm New arm
- 17. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions: The Story of Sumi and Mintu Coverage in Dutch News Paper Turning her dream into reality
- 18. Rana Plaza Coordination Dutch Minister visits RPCC at CDD Minister interacts with RP survivors
- 19. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions – The sad story of Anna! Fitted with new arm Happy with brother
- 20. Glimpses of CDD’s interventions – The sad story of Anna! With her family Now in hospital with cancer (July 2014)
- 21. What is happening now at CDD? Disability inclusive and safe RMG with 50 Garment industries with GIZ support Help-Line!
- 22. What could we all do together to prevent another Rana Plaza disaster?
- 23. Thank You Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340 Bangladesh Email: nazmul.bari@yahoo.com cdd@bangla.net Website: www.cdd.org.bd Like us on face book: Find the Page Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) Bangladesh https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centre-for-Disability-in- Development-CDD-Bangladesh/250416575032408