What we do
Friendship works together with vulnerable people in remote communities in Bangladesh to help them transform their lives.
BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY
We implement six core programmes in an integrated approach (see below).
Our work with the poor began with Healthcare, but it soon became clear that to make a lasting impact on people’s lives we had to resolve other issues at the same time to break the cycle.
HEALTH
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
CLIMATE ACTION
INCLUSIVE CITIZENSHIP
CULTURAL PRESERVATION
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Swept Away
A whole village disappears under water, yet the community continues its schooling. Mamotaz Begum’s village is at the bottom of the river. Where there were once homes of some 350 families, among lush corn and paddy fields, vegetable gardens, a mosque, shops—only the...
NO BUSINESS AS USUAL
The pandemic slashed the fashion market, but Friendship Colours of the Chars pivoted its resources to produce masks, protecting local communities and creating opportunities for artisans in marginalised communities. by Rad Sharar bin Kamal The pandemic has left...
The Key to Antifragility
The Principle behind Friendship’s Response to Emergencies Radi Shafiq, Senior Manager, Friendship In his 2012 book entitled “Antifragile”, the mathematical statistician Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduces the world to the term “Antifragility”, which he defines...
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Atiqul, beside his community during crisis
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Atiqul, a grade 5 student of Friendship school got frightened about the spread of the disease. From school, he learned about the disease and how quickly it spreads from person to person. Atiqul also learned how to protect oneself from this virus. But he became worried as he learned that many of his friends and village people weren’t particularly bothered.
When he came to know that Union Parishad was going to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the disease, Atiqul, an avid volunteer got inspired and approached a local volunteer organization, Shandhi, to see if they could manage him a mic so he could spread what he’d learned.
With their support, Atiqul immediately started his campaign to promote the COVID-19 awareness guidelines all around the union. Many of his peers and school mates joined him in the awareness- raising campaigns in the village.
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Though these islands are fertile, the elements are also harsh. Summers are scorching, monsoons wash everything away, and winters are bone chilling without the proper shelter.
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Freshly bandaged, this child has gotten a new lease on life. One that would have not been possible without the healtchare services made available in these very remote islands.
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Child marriage robs girls of their right to dream. Like any other middle schooler, four lively young girls from Mequrer School in Rowmari had high hopes and bright futures, but they all came crashing down with the news of the marriage. Friendship’s education team immediately took it up with the girls’ families and halted the illegal act.
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A whole village disappears under water, yet the community continues its schooling.
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A whole village disappears under water, yet the community continues its schooling. Mamotaz Begum’s village is at the bottom of the river. Where there were once homes of some 350 families, among lush...What was once a field of brinjals, is now a pond. The entire harvest is lost, and months of effort, cost and resources are now completely lost in the worst flood in a decade.
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A Friendship solar technician making his rounds despite the flood, installing/repairing solar home systems that provide the only electricity in the chars.
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The pandemic slashed the fashion market, but Friendship Colours of the Chars pivoted its resources to produce masks, protecting local communities and creating opportunities for artisans in marginalised communities.
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NO BUSINESS AS USUAL - Friendship
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The pandemic slashed the fashion market, but Friendship Colours of the Chars pivoted its resources to produce masks, protecting local communities and creating opportunities for artisans in marginalise...Friendship continues to be antifragile in the truest sense of the word— growing its impact with each shock it faces while remaining rooted in its values of integrity, justice, quality, dignity, and hope.
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The Key to Antifragility - Friendship
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The Principle behind Friendship’s Response to Emergencies Radi Shafiq, Senior Manager, Friendship In his 2012 book entitled “Antifragile”, the mathematical statistician Professor Nassim Nicholas...A farmer attempting to salvage what remains of his field. Though this has happened to him before, it is no less devasting every time.
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