An international volunteer doctor recounts her experiences at a Friendship floating hospital The medical team with Runa Khan, founder, Friendship. PHOTO COURTESY: DR. FINA TOMÀS by DR. FINA TOMÀSMarch 23, 2022 It is a slow, cautious look, perhaps out of fear, perhaps...
by RUNA KHANMarch 7, 2022 Women populate this world. We carry the new generation in our wombs, and we nurse them, we nourish their values and nurture their humanity. In this way, we shape humankind. Thus, when this is dismissed as part of women’s “natural duty”, it is...
NGOs from a number of countries have called for a major reform in the financing of international humanitarian aid FRIENDSHIP INTERNATIONALJanuary 31, 2022 The following is an English translation of an opinion signed by an international collective of development...
Climate change is the common enemy we all need to face by JEAN-SALMAN MARRE January 10, 2022 By the end of 2021, there have been numerous judgements of COP26, from deeply pessimistic to hopelessly optimistic. However, it is important to acknowledge the full breadth of...
Life and survival in the Sundarbans—a photo essay photos by AJ GHANItext by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINDecember 30, 2021 Much of coastal Bangladesh, the areas around the Sundarbans—the world’s largest continuous mangrove forest—is in a state of transformation. In some areas,...
Raising awareness and acting, at COP26 and beyond(ENGLISH VERSION BELOW) Mangroves saplings. © AJ Ghani by MARC ELVINGERDecember 3, 2021 La COP26 de Glasgow aura, après la COP21 de Paris en 2015, été la deuxième Conférence des Parties à la Convention-Cadre des...
We are addicted to unsustainable behaviour. Ridding ourselves will hurt. But if we don’t, the future of our children will be endless pain in an unliveable world. by RUNA KHANNovember 28, 2021 If you’re out after midnight on the streets of Dhaka city, you might...
Real Stories of Adaptation from Vulnerable Communities by Runa Khan 100% of the core work of Friendship since it started 20 years ago has been in the most climate-impacted regions in Bangladesh. Whilst working with these vulnerable communities, the one important...