2013 Savar building collapse [SEP] point in time
2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse
The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse (also referred to as the 2013 Savar building collapse or the Rana Plaza collapse) was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-story commercial building called Rana Plaza collapsed. The search for the dead ended on 13 May 2013 with a death toll of 1,134. Approximately 2,500 injured people were rescued from the building alive. It is considered the deadliest structural failure accident in modern human history
BIRD 4 Savar is to work with the families and people who lost their major earners during the building collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013. A number of families has already been helped. In 2013 a Qatar-based fashion house named 'LAS Fashion' partnered with BIRD and hosted a fashion show to raise funds for the victims of 2013 Savar building collapse. BIRD has been working on the rehabilitation of the victims of 2013 Savar building collapse
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- Kaisar Al Islam, Founder and President
- Chelsea Victoria Needham