Speakers at a programme in the district have slammed the ready-made garment owners for not playing due role for the sake of the children who lost their father or mother in the Rana Plaza disaster that claimed 1,135 lives on April 24, 2013. The participants made the statement in an event titled “Sishu Conference” hosted by Sishu Palli Plus at Tengra village in Sreepur upazila yesterday, where the children who are being benefited from the organisation were present as well. Speaker Md Saifur Rahman, Sreepur social welfare officer, said whereas the country’s RMG owners, who have become rich by dint of the labour of the workers, have remained indifferent to the suffering of the children, in this regard many foreigners including British national Rob Jenkinson have come forward with their helping hands. Sishu Palli Plus Director Sayed Shamsul Alam Chowdhury who presided over the conference said a total of 147 children of the Rana Plaza victims are getting financial assistance every month. A class-VIII student named Farzana Akter, hailing from Satvagia village in Shivchar upazila of Madaripur district, said she lost her mother in the deadly disaster and since then the organisation has been giving a donation of Tk3,500 to her and her brother each month. The assistance has immensely helped them to keep continuation of their studies, she went on. Sreepur Upazila Vice-Chairman Rafiquel Islam Mandal Bulbul and Telhati UP Chairman Abdul Baten, among others, were present in the event.
