by Friendship News Desk, 3 July, 2025 Friendship Senior Director Kazi Amdadul Hoque and Stéphane Van Haute from Friendship Luxembourg joined the 62nd Session of the UN Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) in Germany. The 2025 Bonn Climate Change...
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Connected Schools, Connected MindsÂ
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 FranceÂ
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 UkhiyaÂ
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 EmpowermentÂ
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 2025Â
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...
Digital Spaces that Foster a Sense of Belonging and Inclusion
The disability-inclusion focused event was held at the BIDA auditorium in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 May, 2025. © Friendship by Friendship News Desk,17 May, 2025 On 15 May 2025, Bangladesh marked the occasion of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) with a vibrant...
Third Cohort of Friendship Summer School Officially Starts OffÂ
by Friendship News Desk, 4 May, 2025 Friendship Academy and the University of Dhaka inaugurated the latest cohort of the ‘Development in Practice’ course on 3 May 2025, to learn and share relevant development narratives of today. The inaugural session brought...