Global IWD event features messages, presentations and an award to four extraordinary women Friendship News DeskMarch 10, 2022 Friendship held a global celebration on March 8, as part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) campaign, where Runa Khan awarded four...
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Serving the communities till her last breath
Friends and beneficiaries mourn the untimely demise of community paramedic Kabita Samadder by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYMarch 10, 2022 Kabita Samadder joined the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital, Friendship’s flagship hospital ship, in 2007. She had since then served as a...
A Community of Empowered Women
Friendship hosts a meeting with journalists ahead of International Women's Day FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKMarch 3, 2022 “Empower just one woman,” was Runa Khan’s appeal to a meeting of empowered journalists from some of Bangladesh’s leading media outlets in the lead-up to...
Women of valour
Four Friendship community workers receive awards for their contributions to humanity by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYMarch 3, 2022 In the buildup to International Women’s Day 2022, Friendship has selected four female Friendship community workers as recipients of the Women of...
Friendship school students commemorate International Mother Language Day
by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYFebruary 21, 2022 On February 21 2022, Friendship schools across the country celebrated Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day by hosting commemorations and paying tributes to the martyrs of the Language Movement. The annual event,...
International Humanitarian Aid Funding needs profound reform
NGOs from a number of countries have called for a major reform in the financing of international humanitarian aid FRIENDSHIP INTERNATIONALJanuary 31, 2022 The following is an English translation of an opinion signed by an international collective of development...
A Winning Partnership
A look at the incredible structures that architect Kashef Chowdhury has designed for Friendship FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKJanuary 28, 2022 Local materials, cost-effectiveness, a commitment to quality, human well-being and service to the most unaddressed and climate-impacted...
Friendship hospital wins RIBA Prize 2021
Climate-friendly structure in border town of Shyamnagar gets British award for best new building in the world by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYJanuary 26, 2022 Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, a distinctive brick structure in the water-logged southern region of Bangladesh,...
Series on char life premieres on national television
New series premieres on RTV on life and Friendship's interventions for the communities on deltaic river islands https://youtu.be/xGmODL5D5N8 FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKJanuary 19, 2022 The first episode in a TV series titled Chare Jibon Jemon, about life in the char (river...
Coping with Covid
Independent assessment shows gaps remain despite special care for char students during school closures due to the pandemic Keeping students progressing in their academics was imperative, particularly during pandemic shutdowns. ©ABIR ABDULLAH/FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP NEWS...
Students progress to new year amid pandemic
Schools overcome overwhelming odds to stay on course A student of Friendship Primary School Batikamari receives her books for the new year at the annual school book festival held on January 1. ©FARUKUR RAHMAN/FRIENDSHIP by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYJanuary 2, 2022 On...
Stepping up for friends in their time of need
Moved by the suffering of their classmates, children from a Friendship primary school set up a foodbank for the needier families Children from Friendship Primary School in Boraibari collecting food donations from their parents. By Tahmeed ChaudhuryDecember 30, 2021...