Friendship and Aspire to Innovate (a2i) host global dialogue on 'Realising the Rights and Improving Accessible and Smart Services for Persons with Disabilities in Hard-to-Reach Areas' Members of Friendship's Inclusive Citizenship sector attended the dialogue from the...
Empowerment
Situation Report: Flash Flooding in the Rohingya Camps
This picture taken by Ismail, a Rohingya volunteer in camp 12, shows the damage caused by a landslide © Friendship Friendship News DeskAugust 9, 2023 The rainfall from the last few days has caused notable flooding and damage to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s...
Summer school development program launched at du
Friendship Academy, in collaboration with the University of Dhaka and the Learning Planet Institute, inaugurates a month-long summer school course that will begin on August 4, 2023 by Tahmeed ChaudhuryJuly 25, 2023 The summer school course, titled Development in...
Friendship school graduate earns a place in BUET
Mahbubur Rahman, from char Sidhai, has excelled in every public university examination he sat for Mahbubur Rahman grew up with a life of dearth but is now a student of the topmost engineering university in Bangladesh, BUET. ©Friendship By Tahmeed ChaudhuryJune 25,...
Char voices echo in the European parliament
Friendship school students participate in the European Youth Event in France, tour Luxembourg Rupali and Nurunnahar with fellow students from the Inter-School Connectivity Project in front of the EU parliament building during the European Youth Event (EYE)....
Empowering Girls Through Education
EGE, a five-year programme to empower girls in rural communities concludes by Friendship News DeskMay 28, 2023 in October 2018, a programme was launched to help the educational and socio-economic development of female/girl children in rural Bangladesh, through the use...
Prioritising Digital Accessibility
Friendship staff with various attendees at the GAAD event ©Ayon Das/Friendship by Friendship News DeskMay 21, 2023 Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a day meant to raise awareness about inclusive digital accessibility for over a billion disabled individuals...
Bangladesh’s riverine villages are benefiting from clever design
Architectural innovations and adaptations are helping to bring permanence to a flood-prone land An example of a flood-resistant raised plinth, with a fresh-water pond at its centre and structures surrounding it that support the local communities during climatic...
‘Time we put an end to it’: the Bangladeshi women fighting their silent killer
A group of Bangladesh’s health workers are working to reach women in some of the country’s most isolated places, to fight back against stigma of cervical cancer Friendship Community Medic-aides don't just offer primary healthcare and consultations, but also raise...
The Long Road to Med School
Friendship primary school student overcomes a life of struggle and uncertainty to gain admission at the Rangpur Medical College Ashadul Islam, a young man who had to overcome extreme circumstances to gain admittance to multiple reputed universities. ©Friendship by...
Friendship and The Daily Star host roundtable on ending child marriage
Friendship News DeskMarch 17, 2023 Despite a consistent and impressive GDP growth rate, and success in many areas of development, including primary education and family planning, 51% of Bangladeshi girls are married off before the age of 18—the third-highest rate of...
Char Women Set Foot on the Stairway of Dreams
The four girls from the chars admitted to the Asian University for Women in Chittagong this year, at the university library. ©Friendship Mostofa Rony (The Daily Ittefaq)March 12, 2023 Despite the onset of modernity in the country, the dismal situation in the riverine...