Photography can be used to tell stories that need to be told. This is a story we all need to be aware of in our mass-produced consumer culture.
The collapse left Sujon Mia completely disabled and dependent on his wife. He cannot walk, nor can he properly sit. His wife, Rina Begum, has been a savior within his darkness. The day of the collapse she quit her job at another garment factory in Savar to help her injured husband. While leaving, her supervisor attempted to stop her but she replied to him, “I won’t do this job. If my husband is alive then I can do any job I like. His safety is my highest priority.” All of their dreams shattered along with the collapse. She shares, “I had dreams that my children are going to be educated but now we don’t have enough money to manage our living expenses properly, so I don’t know how I am going to hold onto those dreams. If we were to receive money from somewhere, we could start a business properly, and then we could think of giving our children a proper life. We have to spend minimum 3000 takas for my daughter’s education. I don’t know how we will raise our children properly.” This is @ismailferdous from Bangladesh with stories from my project @afterranaplaza. To learn more visit the website: www.afterranaplaza.com On April 24th 2013, the 8-story-high Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh. At least 1,134 lives were lost and another 2,500 people were greatly injured- making the incident one of the most horrific global worker tragedies to date. The Rana Plaza collapse caused a rude awakening for the garments industry worldwide. The global supply of cheap clothing, exported from poor nations to wealthier nations, without acknowledgment of the risky safety regulations and unfair worker treatment, could no longer be ignored. @afterranaplaza #fairfashion #ranaplaza #afterranaplaza #bangladesh #everydaybangladesh #humanrights #opensociety #workersrigths #fashionindustry
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