Friendship Founder Attends Prize-Giving Ceremony as Jury Member by Friendship News DeskJuly 20, 2023 Three inspiring individuals and climate action leaders have been selected as joint winners of the 2023 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity: Bandi (also known as “Apai...
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One for All, All for One
First Global Forum for One Sustainable Health held in Lyon, France by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJuly 12, 2023 At the distinctive Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France, an assembly of leaders, environmentalists, policymakers, scientists, researchers, academics, medical...
Technology at the service of the most vulnerable
Friendship's mHealth app presented at the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator Programme (HIAP) by Elisabeth VoyeuxJuly 6, 2023 Innovation is a process as old as human societies. It is through constant and ever-increasing innovations that humankind has developed to...
Friendship school graduate earns a place in BUET
Mahbubur Rahman, from char Sidhai, has excelled in every public university examination he sat for Mahbubur Rahman grew up with a life of dearth but is now a student of the topmost engineering university in Bangladesh, BUET. ©Friendship By Tahmeed ChaudhuryJune 25,...
Char voices echo in the European parliament
Friendship school students participate in the European Youth Event in France, tour Luxembourg Rupali and Nurunnahar with fellow students from the Inter-School Connectivity Project in front of the EU parliament building during the European Youth Event (EYE)....
One Sustainable Health for All; Combining Human, Animal and Environmental Health
Workshop on one health conducted in Dhaka with findings and recommendations to be presented in Lyon in July Human, environmental and animal health are integrally tied to each other, as per the one health concept. ©Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJune 14, 2023...
Plastic clean-up: Primary school students lead the way
Friendship organises plastic waste clean-up drive on World Environment Day to sensitise students Friendship Primary School students in Char Goynar Potol, Chilmari, collect plastic waste. ©Naushad Ali Husein/Friendship Friendship News DeskJune 5, 2023 Humans produce...
CBA17: Addressing the needs of climate-affected communities sustainably
Friendship and ADPC hosted a thematic workshop at CBA17 conference in Bangkok A bird's eye view of a Friendship plinth that provides shelter to local communities during natural disasters. ©Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJune 4, 2023 The 17th International...
The Mangrove Project is Very Important: It Shows Things Can be Done
We sat down Belgian climate scientist and former IPCC vice-chair Jean Pascal van Ypersele for an interview where he stated his impressions of Friendship’s mangrove plantation and its importance in protecting climate impacted local communities. Dr. Jean Pascal van...
Empowering Girls Through Education
EGE, a five-year programme to empower girls in rural communities concludes by Friendship News DeskMay 28, 2023 in October 2018, a programme was launched to help the educational and socio-economic development of female/girl children in rural Bangladesh, through the use...
Prioritising Digital Accessibility
Friendship staff with various attendees at the GAAD event ©Ayon Das/Friendship by Friendship News DeskMay 21, 2023 Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a day meant to raise awareness about inclusive digital accessibility for over a billion disabled individuals...
Cyclone Mocha makes landfall; Bangladesh spared mass destruction
Categorised as a super cyclone, cyclone Mocha was expected to cause severe damage to lives and livelihoods in Cox’s Bazar, but has veered toward Myanmar by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 15, 2023 In the build up to its landfall, cyclone Mocha was classed as an “extremely severe...