Friendship hosts three sessions at the 16th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation on Climate Change (CBA16) Community-mapping helps Friendship determine the most strategic placement of its interventions. ©AJ Ghani/Friendship by Tahmeed...
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Education programme in Bhasan Char shapes responsible and empowered students
Friendship schools are are teaching the Myanmar curriculum to Rohingya children aged 4-14 years in a safe, and healthy environment Rohingya children, some of whose faces are adorned in traditional thanaka paste, line the hall at the learning centre. ©Tahmeed...
Test of fortitude for char students appearing for SSC exams
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL STUDENTS OPTIMISTIC DESPITE TRAVELLING MILES AWAY FROM HOME TO SIT FOR NATIONAL MATRICULATION EXAMS Friendship Secondary School students prior to the start of one of their SSC examinations. ©FRIENDSHIP by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYSeptember 21, 2022 Tenth...
Healthcare centre in Bhasan Char celebrates 100 childbirths
Friendship’s health workers are working hard to change the prevalent culture of giving birth at home Ayesha Akhter, a Friendship health worker consulting a new mother and child at the camps. ©Tahmeed Chaudhury/Friendship by Tahmeed Chaudhury September 21,...
Reaching out to the bright minds of the future
Chair of Friendship Luxembourg speaks to the students and staff of Dhaka University Marc Elvinger, Chair of Friendship Luxembourg (4th from left) at the lecture at Dhaka University. ©Tawhid bin Haque/Friendship. Friendship News Desk September 14, 2022 Chair of...
Improved Accessibility to Healthcare for 300,000 People
Ambassador H.E Ito (green vest) handing over the keys to Friendship, one of the ambulances on the left. ©Suman Ghosh/Friendship Friendship News Desk September 13, 2022 The people of Japan donated 3 ambulances to Friendship for use in the Rohingya camps to ensure...
IUCN selects Mangrove Afforestation Project within top 20 in Asia-Pacific
A volunteer checks on her saplings at a Friendship mangrove nursery. ©KM Asad/Friendship Friendship News DeskSeptember 7, 2022 Friendship’s mangroves afforestation project has been selected as one of the 20 best-practice examples of Forest and Landscape...
Friendship flood volunteer wins prestigious award for bravery
Molida Akhter, saviour of 45 endangered residents of Goynar Potol char, is recognised for her contributions as a volunteer Molida Akhter saved 45 women and children when she was only 19 years old. © Tahmeed Chaudhury/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryAugust 28, 2022 On a...
Close to Home from Far Away
Architecture exhibition for Kashef Chowdhury visited by Bangladesh ambassador The ambassador listens to a poet also attending the event, in front of a model of a Friendship Learning Centre at the Rohingya camps. ©Friendship by Raeed Abd Allah ChowdhuryAugust 8, 2022...
Restoring eyesight
Quality service and free surgeries draws patients from far and wide to Friendship floating hospitals Al Amin travelled 200km to have his mother and grandfather's cataracts operated at Friendship's floating hospital. ©Orjan Ellingvag by Aquibul Islam Tanzil, Naushad...
Bringing up the Back
Roundtable meeting on Improving the Living Standard of Northern Char Dwellers of Bangladesh held in Dhaka Runa Khan and Dr. Shamsul Alam at the meeting, along with the rest of the delegation ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryAugust 4, 2022 A...
Educating girls for a world where equality prevails
Friendship founder Runa Khan selected as one of three champions as Malala Fund’s Education Champions Network launches in Bangladesh Runa Khan, founder, Friendship, speaking at the event on the 25th in Dhaka. ©Tahmeed Chaudhury/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryJuly 27,...