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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Guardians of the embankment
On May 20th Super-cyclone Amphan began heading towards the shore of Padmapukur, a cluster of coastal villages in Bangladesh. As the majority of its villagers took shelter, Friendship's Uttam Kumar lead 30 young volunteers to repair the town’s embankment. The...
Build for the crises to come
While we work to protect our communities and our countries against Covid-19, we need to also prepare them to deal with the climate crisis, writes Runa Khan. It feels as though nature has left humankind reeling, our sense of vulnerability siphoned collectively towards...
No Business As Usual : des masques de protection pour tous
Friendship Luxembourg propose une réponse solidaire à la crise sanitaire. Interrompu par la crise sanitaire du Covid-19, le Pop-Up Store de Friendship situé au n° 43 de la Grand-Rue à Luxembourg a rouvert ses portes le 2 juin. Mot d’ordre: No Business As Usual !...
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Imagine waking up to find water lapping the sides of you bed, the floor of your bedroom no longer visible. This is a yearly reality for people of the chars.
This year the Brahmaputra is flooding relatively early, with water levels exceeding the danger mark by more than two feet and inundating low-lying homes
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Shiuli Begum's home in Sardarpara, Kurigram, was badly damaged in last year's flood. Over the course of the year, she had barely managed to build it up enough for her family to live in, but now it's back underwater, and she's hoping it survives this year's early flood. Shiuli is a member of Friendship's local community disaster management committee.
So far this year, some 64,000 people in Kurigram district have been marooned by floods. Last year some 7 million people in Bangladesh were affected by floods. River island communities like Shuili’s experience
floods every year, and must learn to cope. Sardarpara, Kurigram. Shiuli Begum's home was badly damaged in last year's flood. She barely managed to build it up enough for her family to live in, but now it's back underwater, and she's hoping it survives this year's early flood. Shiuli is a member of Friendship's local community disaster management committee.
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LIVE NOW! Friendship Founder and Executive Director Runa Khan speaking at the Media Briefing by the World Economic Forum in partnership with World Health Organisation
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Crops are drowned, homes destroyed, people displaced, livestock die. Over a 1000 hectares of jute crop and several hundred hectares of other crops have already been damaged this season.
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The Horizon Sessions is a virtual music festival to raise funds for COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan relief to support vulnerable remote communities of Bangladesh. Friendship is supporting The Horizon Sessions to collect funds to establish COVID-19 testing booths in rural Bangladesh. Also, part of your donations will be utilized by Uttaran NGO to rebuild homes, reservoirs and embankments that have been destroyed by Amphan. At a time like this, The Horizon Sessions is addressing two most critical issues and taking steps towards it. We thank the talented artists for joining us to the cause and our heartfelt gratitude for the support we are receiving from your end.
Learn more about The Horizon Sessions & the donation process: bit.ly/2NDO3iT
Every year in June - July, the river deltas of Bangladesh get flooded, losses are immeasurable. We can’t stop the weather, but we can help those it affects. 81 households are already taking shelter on our raised plinth village in Kurigram
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Floods are commonplace this time of year in the northern river deltas of Bangladesh, where people are displaced and their homes washed away on a regular basis. Friendship has interventions to help them prepare, as well train them to be able to handle the crises when the come. These unsung heroes see their own communities to safety when the water comes in to take everything away.
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অামাদের চরলালকুড়া স্বেচ্ছাসেবক দল,২০১৯ সালের ভয়াবহ বন্যার সময়ের ছবি। অামার হাতে মাইক ছিল।
নয়ারহাট ইউনিয়ন এর সব চর এলাকা আপনাদের সুনজর ও সুদৃষ্টি আকর্ষন করছি
The people of the remote deltaic islands in the north are displaced 25 times in their lifetime due to land erosion and flood. As this happens every year in June – July, Friendship capacitates them to be able to help themselves. This awareness building even include children, who are taught through Friendship schools.
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What country is this?
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Bangladesh
As the constant rain this time of year bursts the banks of the rivers, Friendship has constructed raised plinths with cluster villages to combat the damage to remote, rural communities.
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For the people of the northern river islands in Bangladesh, July is known for the floods that come to wash away their lands, crops and households. Constant rain and increased temperature in the Bay of Bengal result in an annual disruption. This year however, they’re seeing the worst of it; along with floods and erosion, they’ve also had to deal with a cyclone and the pandemic. As the water reaches Nayer Char, Friendship staff and volunteers are on standby with a helping hand.
Read more about the flood situation of the country from here: bit.ly/3g0Vgpg
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Amar paser village er pictures. Ami akjon friendship volunteer. Friendship er sathe nijeke jukto rakte pere nije ke danno mone korci.