Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, observed World Cancer Day with patients to strengthen community awareness on cervical cancer by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,5 March, 2026 On World Cancer Day, i.e. 4 February, Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, Friendship VIA Screening Centres...
Editorial/Opinion
From Relief to Resilience
A snapshot of Friendship’s Transitional Funding Project implemented across 198 climate-vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. The project was implemented in four phases across 198 villages in five districts – Kurigram, Gaibandha, Patuakhali, Satkhira, and...
Finding Climate Action in Bangladesh: My Journey with Friendship
From left to right: Ummay Asma Bhuiyan, Assistant Programme Manager; Katharina Frowein, Intern; Md. Bodiuzzaman, Assistant Director. © Friendship by Katharina Frowein,26 February, 2026 When I arrived in Bangladesh for my internship with Friendship, I carried two big...
When Truth Competes for Attention
Climate Communication in a Noisy World By Magnus Mayeen Ahmed,25 January, 2026 Climate change today is not only a scientific or environmental challenge, but it is also a communication challenge. The problem is no longer just whether people hear about climate change....
Integrated, holistic, locally-led and nature-based Climate adaptation solutions are the proven means in effective, sustainable development
Friendship's mangrove afforestation project works with local communities, ensuring livelihoods, protecting biodiversity, building a carbon sink, and creating opportunities all at the same time. © Friendship by Kazi Amdadul Haque,November 10, 2025 Friendship has...
If COP30 goes nowhere, where do we go?
The Climate Crisis is one that policymakers are still not comprehending the gravity of by Abu Bakar Bin Alam,5 November, 2025 The Paris Agreement will turn 10 years old in a few months, and we have very little to show any 10-year-old child about what the world has...
One Planet, One Idea: One Sustainable Health for All
by Abu Bakar Bin Alam,2 November, 2025 From 2-5 November 2025, the world’s most farsighted health experts, advocates, and policymakers will convene in Lyon, France, for the 3rd World Conference on One Sustainable Health (OSH) to discuss the alignment of...
The Power of Simplicity: Communicating Climate for All
by Magnus Mayeen Ahmed,28 October, 2025 Communications is both an art and a discipline, the bridge between knowledge and understanding. It is how ideas turn into action, and how complex realities can move hearts and minds. Yet, in the world of climate discourse, this...
The Art of Mindfulness
Brighter Minds, a Hyderabad-based initiative led by Heartfulness, brought their brain gym and meditation sessions to the remote char islands in Gaibandha Meditation expert Stanislas Lajugie receives a crest of appreciation from Friendship founder Runa Khan for his...
Shohojatra: Friendship’s Journey Together with Unilever
Friendship founder Runa Khan recounts the 25-year-old partnership at an exclusive event in Dhaka hosted by Unilever Bangladesh. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,3 September, 2025 Unilever Bangladesh was recently recognised as the ‘Most Sustainable Company of the Year’ at the SDG...
People Helping People: Saving Lives
Without people helping one another, a community cannot progress, because all solutions to their development and resilience become unsustainable. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 1 September, 2025 In a world where inequality and division continue to hinder collective...
A Beacon of Hope for Education in the Chars
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...












