Friendship school student succumbs to illness from floodwater by Naushad Ali HuseinJuly 25, 2022 The Brahmaputra River had swollen early, flooding its low-lying islands. On Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10-year-old Mohammed Ashib Babu went to school. He attended classes...
An FCM risks displeasing her village elders to save her son from a snake bite by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJuly 21, 2022 The sedimentary deltas of Bangladesh, called chars, are some of the most climate-affected places in the Bangladesh—and the world, affected by...
Friendship launches the reconstruction of a resource centre to train teachers and instructors in the Education of Rohingya Children designed by Children at one of Friendship Learning Centres, this one in particular designed by award-winning architect, Kashef...
Inter-School Connectivity Project (ISCP) brings Friendship school students from the river island areas and French students together to discuss climate change and share knowledge and experience Students at the Friendship Secondary School Nawshala speaking to their...
Residents of char Kheyar Alga spend more than 20 days living on boats during Kurigram Flood What used to be a newly-formed island not even two years ago has been, at least temporarily, returned to the waves. ©Tawhid bin Haque/Friendship by Tahmeed Chaudhury June...
4.3 million affected in less than a week With their homes completely inundated, the villagers of Kheyar Alga, Kurigram have taken to living on boats. They have removed the walls from their tin houses to minimise damage from the current of floodwaters. ©Tawhid Bin...
The worst is yet to come in Friendship working areas in Kurigram and Gaibandha Friendship flood volunteers assisting local community members in moving a house ©Md. Motiur Islam/Friendship Friendship News DeskJune 20, 2022(updated June 21, 2022) With the north-eastern...
Foundation S, Sanofi’s non-profit philanthropic endowment fund, teams up with Friendship to streamline health services in Gaibandha Friendship News DeskJune 5, 2022 The three-year-long deal between Sanofi and Friendship, effective from June 1, 2022, will partly...
Friendship News DeskJune 2, 2022 James Earley, renowned figurative artist from the UK is known for his hyper-realistic portraits. Not just for the intricate detail in every wrinkle, every strand of hair and every iris, but for the raw emotion in every painting. Most...
The responsibility for climate action lies on every individual—a kind reminder for World Environment Day. by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMay 31, 2022 “There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To...
photos by AJ Ghanitext by Naushad Ali HuseinMay 26, 2022 The cyclones become more ferocious. The embankments weaken. Saline water seeps into communities, rendering lands infertile. Shrimp and crab farms in saline water proliferate. Like this, a slow, deadly crisis of...
by Raeed Abd Allah ChowdhuryMay 16, 2022 Malala Yousafzai is the poster child for education advocacy, especially of women in remote or rural areas. The Nobel Prize laureate and activist’s philosophies fall closely in line with Friendship’s activities in the riverine...