Friendship founder and eminent architects hold panel at Dhaka Lit Fest 2023 Friendship News DeskFebruary 9, 2023 Back after two years of Covid restrictions, the Dhaka Lit Fest was held from January 5 – 8, 2023; which also happened to be the tenth anniversary of the...
Friendship’s Inter-School Connectivity Programme (ISCP) expands to 5 countries Friendship's students can speak with students from 4 other countries, to share experiences and knowledge on climate change through internet connectivity, facilitated by solar power. ©...
A Friendship Climate Action Intern from the UK recounts her experiences with some of the most climate-impacted communities in Bangladesh Ellie Kimber speaking to Shojina about the climate impacts she is facing every year. ©Ellie Kimber/Friendship by Ellie...
by Tahmeed Chaudhury,December 26, 2022 The 27th conference of the parties, otherwise known as COP27, has recently drawn to a conclusion. The two-week-long summit, held in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt went into overtime before coming to an end on November 20. Leaders from...
A Night of Traditions, a fashion show by Friendship Colours of the Chars to celebrate 20 years of Friendship, and the advent of slow fashion. The designers and prominent model, Mou (second from left) wearing an exquisite cultural dress made out of silk. ©Friendship by...
20 things that make Friendship the organisation that it has grown to be by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 6, 2022 Since its inception, Friendship has had to innovate to meet the requirements of the unique geo-logistical, socio-economic, and environmental challenges...
by Kazi Amdadul HoqueNovember 7, 2022 On the bank of river Kholpetua in Bangladesh, a man sits still, his eyes fixated in the direction of the branches of a mangrove tree near the largest mangrove forest in the world, the Sundarbans. The searing heat does not move...
Friendship and Standard Chartered team up to build a 54kW microgrid in Ulipur, Kurigram The MoU signing ceremony at the Friendship head office with the team from Standard Chartered. ©Ayon Das/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 20, 2022 Following the...
Friendship was present at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh from November 6 to 18, 2022 to carry the voices of the most vulnerable communities of Bangladesh and advocate for climate adaptation solutions that work Friendship News DeskNovember 1, 2022Updated on December 12,...
Communities in Friendship’s working areas in Patuakhali and Shyamnagar remain largely unharmed By Tahmeed ChaudhuryOctober 26, 2022 In the build up to the landfall of the cyclone Sitrang, it was expected that the tropical storm will wreak havoc across the nation,...
Friendship hosts three sessions at the 16th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation on Climate Change (CBA16) Community-mapping helps Friendship determine the most strategic placement of its interventions. ©AJ Ghani/Friendship by Tahmeed...
A volunteer checks on her saplings at a Friendship mangrove nursery. ©KM Asad/Friendship Friendship News DeskSeptember 7, 2022 Friendship’s mangroves afforestation project has been selected as one of the 20 best-practice examples of Forest and Landscape...