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
Our latest articles and stories
Une évaluation indépendante confirme l’excellence du programme d’éducation de Friendship – Friendship Colours of the Chars Pop-Up à la Belle Etoile
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (translation below), « Pour mesurer de façon systématique les changements survenus chez les enfants en raison de la mise en œuvre des activités parascolaires du...
Pour la biodiversité et les services écosystémiques: plantons des arbres !
(English version below) Dans le cadre de la Journée Nationale de l’Arbre à Luxembourg, sous le patronage du Ministère de l’Environnement et avec la participation du Grand-Duc héritier Guillaume, la Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur (naturemwelt.lu) invite tout le monde à...
Les Friendship Community Paralegals reçoivent le soutien de la Ville de Luxembourg en leur qualité de « défenseurs des droits humains »
(English version below) En réponse à l’appel à projets lancé en mai 2020 par la Ville de Luxembourg sur le thème : « Les défenseurs des droits humains », Friendship Luxembourg a présenté le programme de Citoyenneté Inclusive et plus particulièrement, la composante «...
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With the ongoing prolonged pandemic crisis, Friendship along with ERIKS organised a small seminar to share the experiences with the local government on the awareness and safety measure activities with the marginalised communities of the river islands.
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A sharing meeting on \"Promoting Social Awareness among the Char Dwellers and Covid-19 Context\" was held at the Conference Room of Deputy Commissioner\'s Office, Kurigram on Tuesday organized by Frie...How can governments unlock the potential of social entrepreneurs to better serve their people and countries?
Listen to Runa Khan, Founder & Executive Director or Friendship talking about how the changes are possible from bottom-up and how Friendship is working with both local communities and government to help bring these changes.
Catalyst 2030
Economic opportunity, agency, confidence, self-reliance, prevention of early marriage, contributing to their families and communities, pride in their work – intangible benefits far beyond the wage that these weavers receive.
As a wage-earning member of their households, they not only contribute to their families, but these young women have a stand against early marriage as well.
Runa Khan, Friendship Founder and Executive Director personally inspects a bolt of fabric spun by one of our weavers. These are later taken to our stores in Bangladesh and Europe.
"A study conducted by the Dhaka University's Institute of Education and Research found that Friendship, a social-purpose organization, has shown significant success in expanding the reach of education in char areas in the northern part of Bangladesh," The Business Standard writes about the webinar that was held last week to show the studies conducted by University of Dhaka & Institute of Education & Research (IER) on the evaluation on Friendship's Education support in the char areas.
Friendship’s schools changing people’s lives in Gaibandha, Kurigram: Study
tbsnews.net
Lives of about 150,000 residents in this remote area have gained momentum as the women and adolescents of the chars have become career-oriented and self-reliant thanks to the education received from F...Women employed by the weaving centres also gain a safe space to be among themselves – that is other women, and be able to discuss their issues, make friends and share awareness and be comfortable in a patriarchal society.
"বাংলাদেশের বিলুপ্তপ্রায় ঐতিহ্যবাহী সব নৌকার স্মৃতিই যেন ধরা আছে এই ছোট্ট নৌকাগুলোতে... নৌকার ঐতিহ্যকে ধারণ করতে এবং নৌকার কারিগরদের জন্য কর্মসংস্থান তৈরি করতেই ফ্রেন্ডশিপের এ উদ্যোগ।" - প্রথম আলো
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"The memory of all the lost boats of Bangladesh seems to be captured in these small boat replicas ... This initiative of Friendship is to keep the heritage of the boat alive and to create employment opportunities for the boat carpenters." - Prothom Alo
www.prothomalo.com
এই নৌকাগুলো আসলেই ছোট। বাংলাদেশের বিলুপ্তপ্রায় ঐতিহ্যবাহী সব নৌকার স্মৃত...কক্সবাজারে এখনও দৃশ্যমান
The fabrics and apparel made by these women are sold both in Bangladesh and in Europe, with the proceeds helping these women gain agency in their communities.
After a decade of attempt of creating educational opportunity for children, youths and adults in some of Bangladesh's poorest and most remote areas, Friendship Education has carried out an individual assessment recently with Institute of Education & Research (IER) and University of Dhaka (DU). To share the findings and recommendation, the webinar session has been arranged along with the presence of the honourable Minister of Ministry of Education, Dr. Dipu Moni, along with other local and international participants.
The approach of Friendship Education programme in char areas/river islands is innovative and it is an realistic solution for disadvantaged, marginalised and vulnerable community people.
চর এলাকার মধ্যে ফ্রেন্ডসিপ অনেক ভাল কাজ করতেছে যার মাধ্যমে আগামী তে বাংলাদেশ আরো উন্নতির দিকে ধাপিত হবি।
Best wishes for appreciative work
মাননীয় শিক্ষা মন্ত্রী স্যার কে অনুরোধ করবো,, চরের শিক্ষাথীদের প্রতি যে এঞ্জিও এত সদয় ভাবে কাজ করছে, এটা অনেক মহতী কাজ,,,স্যার এই এঞ্জিওর জন্য সরকারের সব দরনের সুযোগ সুবিধা দানে আপনার সু মাজি কামনা করছি,,,,,
চরের জন্য কাজ করা বাংলাদেশের একটি মহৎ উদ্যোগী NGO FRIENDSHIP (ফ্রেন্ডশিপ)
Great job..
Thanks
Feeling proud that I was a member of the Education program of Friendship!
Welcome
খুবই সুন্দর
We are very proud of Friendship NGO.
welcome sir
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অসাধারণ
Nice presentation
ম্ব।ম
Welcome
carry on
Yes all right
Good to see Roland here. I can easily remember the struggles of early days of introducing video-based secondary education in chars with the financial assistance from ERRICKS.