FRIENDSHIP BANGLADESH
We work in partnership with individuals, communities, organisations and the government to create lasting solutions to the challenges faced by the poor and marginalized communities in Bangladesh.
About us
Over the last 15 years, Friendship has grown from being a distant dream to an organisation delivering vital services to 4.2 million people in the most marginalized communities of Bangladesh. Our work wouldn’t be possible if not for the 1,600 people dedicated to helping those in need.
Also crucial to our organisation is Friendship International. Formed over the years by a passionate group of people from Luxembourg, France, the UK and the Netherlands, Friendship International helps us foster partnerships, mobilise funds, gain expertise and raise awareness of our unique methodologies. More than partners, this group believes in the core values, ethics and work of Friendship. Together we are building a solid organisation that makes real changes to communities outside the economic mainstream, whilst retaining the dignity of the people who live within them.
Some of our projects
ICT-AIDED SCHOOLS:
Educating the Unreachable
In the hard-to-reach river islands in northern Bangladesh, lack of access, roads and electricity create a situation in which educational institutions are extremely difficult to run. Schools are difficult to set up and it is hardly possible to find and maintain teachers in these areas. The challenge is therefore to bypass the geographical isolation and lack of qualified teachers by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and out-of-the-box thinking that yield real results.
Stories brought to you from the field
Outstanding results by Friendship students in national exams
Friendship’s primary and secondary schools in the remote chars and coastal areas have, once again, outperformed their peers around the country.
In the Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) national pass rate is 97.59% while Friendship schools achieved 100% pass rate. 590 out of 1457 (i.e. 40%) students got GPA 5, the highest attainable grade.
In the Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE) Friendship schools achieved 98.44% pass rate while the national pass rate is 85.28%.
Friendship provides children access to education in the most remote areas of Bangladesh. To educate a child, donate: friendship.ngo/donate
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Seminar addressing context of char education and the way forward held in Gaibandha
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Read about Friendship Education’s work in the remote, char islands of northern Bangladesh, where access and infrastructure to basic necessities is practically non-existent. The outstanding results in public examinations speak for themselves, featured here at Daily Star.
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The hope of moving-island schools
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Let's travel through a different kind of school today, which goes beyond excellent academic results and ensures students come out with good character and moral strength. However&comm...www.wowwoman.com/founder-friendship-ngo/
Friendship’s very own founder and executive director, Runa Khan got an exclusive feature on WOW Woman, an international platform about extraordinary women and their stories.
Read about our founder and her personal take on her life, her work, her inspirations and aspirations.
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Founder, Friendship NGO, Leader, Educator, Entrepreneur, Cultural Envoy, Paris, France — WOW Woman
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Bangladesh's great river system is the country's principal resource and its greatest hazard. Even without a cyclone in the area, the Bangladeshi coast is often inundated by extr...dailyasianage.com/news/101084/crab-nursery-successful-in-coastal-region
Read about Sushila Rani from Satkhira and Nurjahan Begum from Shayamnagar who are fattening their purses from crab fattening; thanks to Friendship Sustainable Economic Development sector’s fisherman project. The Daily Asian Age special feature is at the link here.
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Crab nursery successful in coastal region | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh
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Seeing the high demand of juvenile crab many farmers in coastal districts like Satkhira have established crab nursery and successfully changed their financial condition. This is contributing to...www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/2018/09/13/turning-the-tide
Friendship’s floating hospitals were featured in Dhaka Tribune’s, “Turning the Tide”, with a short history on their inception, commission into service, and eventul decommissioning of Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital. Read about the effects they have had by clicking the link.
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How a Bangladeshi NGO is using floating hospitals to take medical care to the people surrounded by water38 theatre artists of three theatre groups - Gaibandha Char Theatre Group, Kurigram Char Theatre Group and Upokul (Coastal) Theatre Group participated in a 6 day long Capacity Development Training for Theatre Artists at Friendship Center, Gaibandha.
The objective of the training session, the second of such this year, was to develop the skills of theatre artists and plays which create mass awareness on different social and contemporary issues and social evils among the marginalized communitie in the remote chars/ communities of Gaibandha, Kurigram and Potuakhali. 4 new plays were developed during the training with the soft launching of the performances.
(Inter)national award-winning actor and professional trainer, Mostafizur Noor Imran, Visual Media Worker and Trainer Munmun Hafiz and Rifat Zinat Jahan, Manager, Char Theatre and Material Development, Inclusive Citizenship were facilitated the training.
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On International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018, Friendship took part in a joint exhibition where the government along with development partners, civil society organizations, academic institutions and other NGOs, who are working together to reduce communities exposure to disaster risks and showcased different Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) practices and approaches.
Honorable Minister of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDM&R) Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya inaugurated the ceremony as the Chief Guest and Dhirendra Debnath Shambu, MP, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief was Special Guest. The event was chaired by Md. Shah Kamal, Honorable Secretary, MoDM&R.
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2 new Health Clinics have been set up to help Rohingya and local people in Cox's Bazar to stay healthy. In Camp 5 and Camp 6, the clinics have started providing essential health services since last month.
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Friendship has most recently added 2 additional basic clinics that have been inaugurated in support of the Rohingya at the relief camps. Clinic 12 at camp 5 was operational from the 14th November and clinic 13 at camp 6 on the 12th of November.
The Rohingya at the relief camps in Cox’s Bazar are still lacking essential healthcare services, even a year after the start of the current crisis. Providing medical assistance to 700,000 people who have little-to-no-history of medical care throughout their lives is an immense task.
However, Friendship has been seeking to remedy this, in more than one sense, since the start of operations in October of 2017 with a multitude of interventions and installations.
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“Our experience in the field has shown that gaining the trust of the communities in which we operate is a key component of success. Trust can only be built up over time by providing consistent and reliable quality services and earning the respect of the people we work for. Friendship doesn’t work through short-term projects, but ensures its commitment to the communities on a long term basis.”
Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Friendship Bangladesh
HELPING THE POOR IN REMOTE AREAS
Find out more about the charity Friendship and the impact it has on the lives of the poor in Bangladesh
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Contact Friendship Bangladesh
Friendship Bangladesh
K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road
(Kalachandpur), Dhaka – 1212, Bangladesh