Germany will provide all-out support to the victims of Rana Plaza disaster, said German Ambassador Albrecht Conze on Wednesday.
The ambassador said this while visiting victims who lost their limbs in Rana Plaza tragedy at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar.
The German Red Cross (DRK) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are implementing a project at CRP compound for the victims.
The DRK coordinated the physical rehabilitation project which is being implemented by the CRP with the technical support of the ICRC.
Following their recovery, the victims will also receive work rehabilitation support through skill development training run by the CRP.
Ambassador Conze said: “Cooperation between DRK, ICRC and CRP aiming at rehabilitation of those affected by the tragedy has been outstanding. Together, they are assisting the victims in restoring their dignity and reintegrating them into their personal and professional lives”.
More than 200 seriously injured patients received treatment at the CRP.
“Today I wanted to see with my own eyes how the patients are coping with their disabilities and encourage them to make new plans after their survival of the Rana Plaza disaster,” he said.
In order to improve the future life of those who suffered long-term injuries, the German government has earmarked an additional amount of 2.5m Euros within an ongoing project in the field of social and environmental standards in the industry implemented by the German Development Cooperation Agency GIZ.
In his speech he gave importance on occupational therapy of the victims of Rana Plaza victims and then sending them to work according to the victims’ ability as if they can depend on themselves.
He assures to help the victims of Rana Plaza in future in cooperation with Bangladesh Red Crescent society, German Red cross and ICRC.
The ambassador then visited different projects of rehabilitation running at CRP compound which includes vocational training of 60 injured victims of Rana Plaza.
He listened to the experience of a victim Rehana of Rana Plaza disaster who recently got an artificial limb and the ambassador also enjoyed the wheelchair basketball playing of the rehabilitated patients of CRP.
Among others, ambassador’s wife Veronique Conze Rico Wallenta, representatives from German Red Cross, Shafiq-ul-Islam, Executive Director of CRP, Professor M S Akbar M.P, chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society presented in the rehabilitation programme at CRP compound.
