RIBA International Prize 2021
FOR CHAR STUDENTS
Our Vision
We are an international Social Purpose Organisation guided by our vision of a world where people — especially the
hard-to-reach and unaddressed — have equal opportunities to live with dignity and hope.
Our mission
From Bangladesh, a country facing the most pressing of humanity’s challenges, we develop scalable solutions to strengthen marginalised communities, and empower people to transform their lives and reach their full potential.
Our values
Integrity
Dignity
Justice
Quality
Hope
Our commitments
… to the people we serve.
To reach our vision and fulfil our mission, we apply our 5 core values in all our actions. Since 2002, we deliver needs-based services to the communities with a participative and inclusive approach. Through an innovative, integrated development model and an entrepreneurial mindset, we achieve sustainable outcomes, trying to leave no one behind…
Saving Lives
Climate adaptation
Empowerment
Poverty alleviation
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Local materials, impossible-seeming cost-effectiveness, a commitment to quality, human well-being and service to the most unaddressed and climate-impacted communities in Bangladesh—these shared values have made Kashef Chowdhury and Friendship a winning architect-client partnership. As of last week, they became the winner of two of the highest architectural accolades in the world. ⠀
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📸 Asif Salman, Wasama Doja, Kashef Chowdhury, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, MD Arifuzzaman
On 2nd February, H.E. Charles Whiteley, #EU ambassador to Bangladesh, visited Friendship’s programmes pertaining to #Rohingya Response at Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazaar.
The ambassador was seemingly impressed with Friendship’s projects, having toured the Friendship Hospital Ukhiya and GBV Birthing Project located at Camp 11 alongside the Primary Health Care Center and, Flagship Learning Center at Camp 7.
“My warm thanks for an inspiring visit. Many congratulations on your excellent work and dedication to the Rohingya and the wider community”, he wrote in a visitor book on one of the projects.
#refugees
As much as important education is, it is also important to embed moral and ethical values into our teaching to raise the next generation.
Runa Khan talked about the future of education at the #LearningPlanetFestival on the occasion of the International Day for Education.
#EducationForAll #BetterFuture
Friendship founder Runa Khan joins the heads of some of the biggest development agencies, including Action Against Hunger, Action Contre la Faim, AMEL, Dunya Doktorlari Derneği, MESAD, SADEVE, and Water For People to demand a profound reform in humanitarian aid funding. Their recommendations include compulsory contributions from wealthy countries and individuals, and an independent body to govern the fund, in order to de-politicise aid, and meet international commitments. ⠀
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#PeopleHelpingPeople
Low budget, but no compromise to quality. Local materials, optimum use of space, resources and expertise: efficiency was the key to this incredible project, which will serve this remote community with quality comparable to the best hospitals in the capital Dhaka, which has just been acknowledged as the best building in the world by RIBA.
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The Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar provides a soothing sensory environment for patients to heal, amidst natural ventilation, sunlight and a zig-zagging canal which preserves rainwater. It has thus been awarded, the best building in the world by @riba.
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