by Isabelle Koch,December 11, 2024 The One Health approach is critical for addressing Bangladesh's growing health and climate challenges. Friendship’s work aligns with One Health through community-based healthcare, climate adaptation projects, and sustainable...
Friendship founder Runa Khan attended the UNFCCC's COP29 this year, in Baku, Azerbaijan. © Friendship by Runa KhanNovember 22, 2024 As COP29 concludes in Baku, Azerbaijan, we gather to confront a climate crisis that is no longer on the horizon—it is reshaping lives...
At COP29 Azerbaijan, Friendship’s achievements were shared in an insightful workshop as a model for managing climate migration. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,November 24, 2024 In 2022, climate-induced disasters displaced over 30 million people, with approximately 60,000...
Friendship is participating at COP29 from November 11 to 22, 2024 to speak about locally-led, community-based adaptation and advocate for scaling up replicable solutions. Friendship News Desk,November 10, 2024 Friendship is participating in the UNFCCC Conference of...
The spirit of local knowledge, open source of information, and universalising access to technologies should be the foundation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. In a densely populated country like Bangladesh, convincing locals to spare land for biodiversity has...
An overview of Friendship’s contribution to conserving biodiversity for climate action and sustainable development ahead of CBD COP16. by Kazi Amdadul Hoque,October 20, 2024 Since its inception, Friendship has worked in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh...
Friendship founder Runa Khan front and centre at the launching of the Innovation for Development (I4D) forum in Dhaka, along with heads and representatives of the other organisations and their copies of the Innovation Book. © Ayon Das/Friendship by Iffat Ara...
Friendship Mangrove Afforestation Programme Shared at IUCN Conference Communities are put in charge of the mangrove plantations that they nurture, and then reap the benefits from. They protect the saplings, and the matured trees protect them in turn. © Friendship by...
People have been forced to relocate due to the floods damaging their homes, in both rural and urban areas. © Friendship by Friendship News Desk,September 5, 2024 Several districts in Eastern Bangladesh have been inundated due to deadly flash floods this August,...
Floods not only take lives, but also destroy livelihoods, destabilise the local economy and set communities that are already marginalised much further back. © Friendship by Abu Bakar Bin Alam,August 20, 2024 Frequent natural disasters like flooding were one of the key...
Flash floods have inundated 11 districts in Eastern and Southern Bangladesh within the last few days. © Chadni Akter by Friendship News DeskAugust 25, 2024 Deadly flash floods have ravaged eastern and southern Bangladesh since 21 August. The victims are in dire need...
As our coastal regions continue to face more intense and frequent calamities, efforts to conserve our primary line of defence – the Sundarbans’ mangroves, need to step up much faster The local communities plant and guard the saplings at Friendship's afforestation...