The Friendship Secondary School was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha, a district in the remote northern regions of Bangladesh. © Ayon Das/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 12 August, 2025 Friendship Secondary School Sannashir Char was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha to...
A look at Friendship's youth volunteers for International Youth Day 2025 Friendship recognises the value of youth empowerment harnesses this potential to drive inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 12 August 2025 ...
Friendship founder Runa Khan joins the award ceremony as a committee member on 9 July in Lisbon, to celebrate champions with an impeccable track record of climate action. Jury members of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity with this year's winners: spokespeople of the...
Friendship intern Katharina Frowein explored Misreepara's 'Taat Palli' to observe woollen sheets made by climate-affected, coastal women. © Md. Sahidul Islam/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 27 July 2025 When Lili, Monika, and Sima found financial independence...
by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 13 July 2025 For the past four years, the Friendship-KLABU Sports Club has given children from both Rohingya camps and the host communities the chance to nurture healthy play. Play is a universal language shared by all, no matter their...
Thousands of children are born with clubfoot in Bangladesh, but corrective surgery and therapy can eradicate the stigma by Abu Bakar Bin Alam13 July 2025 The phrase “to stand on their own feet” appears in many cultures across the world in as many languages and...
by Friendship News Desk, 3 July, 2025 Friendship Senior Director Kazi Amdadul Hoque, Deputy Director Mahbubur Rahman Turza from Friendship Bangladesh, and Stéphane Van Haute from Friendship Luxembourg joined the 62nd Session of the UN Climate Change...
by Runa Khan,15 June, 2025 On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage—globally, in treaty rooms and international campaigns, and locally, as we stare at rivers choked by waste and fields littered with non-biodegradable...
How sustainable, ethical slow fashion goes against the grain in Bangladesh Colourful threads from the rural riverine life in Bangladesh are firmly standing ground against climate change and pollution. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen4 June, 2025 While most...
Runa Khan presents the harsh climate reality of Bangladesh through the story of Jashim, a child who lost his home to river erosion in the Brahmaputra River. © Jean-Salman Marre/Friendship by Friendship News Desk1 June, 2025 Runa Khan attended the ChangeNOW Summit...
by Stéphane Van Haute and Kazi Amdadul Hoque,25 May, 2025 In these chaotic times, when the planet's climatic future seems at stake, suspended on disconnected decisions of certain governments, the international community of those who take climate action on a day-to-day...
Bangladeshi youth from remote villages set to attend the European Youth Event (EYE) 2025 to represent their communities Eusuf, Munni, Mizan, and Sakia (from left to right) are ready to take on Europe and share their community’s stories and resolve against climate...