Friendship Physiotherapy Centre and Disability-Friendly Boat Inaugurated in Gaibandha and Chilmari by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhurySeptember 3, 2023 Friendship announced the inauguration of physiotherapy centre and disability-friendly boat to improve accessibility in...
Empowerment
Collaborative Development course between DU and Friendship draws to a close
The month-long Development in Practice course, designed for graduate students and professionals, ends with a closing ceremony and distribution of certificates A field visit as part of the course curriculum, to see first hand the circumstances and conditions of remote,...
100% success for Friendship schools in SSC examinations
All students, barring one, get A- grades or above Friendship school students pose in front of the SSC exam centre, celebrating their success. © Friendship. By Tahmeed ChaudhuryAugust 14, 2023 48 students, 22 girls and 26 boys, from Friendship Secondary Schools in...
Inclusivity and Sensitivity as Part of the Public Process
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...
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...