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...
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Helping Them to their Feet
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...
Friendship at the 2025 Bonn Climate Change Conference
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...
Connected Schools, Connected Minds
Friendship youth delegates touched down on Luxembourg to meet other secondary school students their age as part of the 2025 Connected Schools programme. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 29 June, 2025 Eusuf, Mizan, Munni, and Sakia visited five schools in Luxembourg: The...
Friendship Youth at the European Parliament
Friendship youth delegates from Bangladesh visit the European Parliament to spark meaningful conversations on climate change with their peers and world leaders. The entire Friendship delegation stands tall with pride, with students from France, Luxembourg, and...
Friendship at the UN Ocean Conference 2025 France
In a panel titled 'Preserving and Sustainably Managing Delta Ecosystems in the Face of Increasing Risks', Runa Khan spoke on Friendship's work with riverine and coastal communities in the world's largest river delta - the Ganges delta in Bangladesh. © Anna Robyn by...
Restoring Dignity Through Care: Friendship Hospital Ukhiya
The 40-bed hospital situated in Balukhali caters to 90% of the reproductive healthcare requirements in Ukhiya © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen18 June 2025 Despite declining global humanitarian aid, Friendship Hospital Ukhiya continues to be a beacon of hope by...
A Climate-Conscious Nod to Rural Empowerment
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...
Friendship Founder Speaks at the ChangeNOW Summit 2025
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...
Friendship at CBA19
More than 400 climate adaptation practitioners teamed up at CBA19 to build a collective message on community led action, ahead of COP30. © Friendship by Friendship News Desk,27 May, 2025 The 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change...
Perspectives from inside a worldwide climate adaptation movement
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...
Swimmin’ Foundation Brings Lifesaving Skills to Children in Remote Communities
Some of the children who participated, along with the swim instructors from Swimmin Foundation in May, 2025. Md. © Sadar Uddin/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,22 May, 2025 Earlier this month, a team of four instructors from the Dutch NGO, Swimmin’ Foundation, took on...