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...
Architectural innovations and adaptations are helping to bring permanence to a flood-prone land An example of a flood-resistant raised plinth, with a fresh-water pond at its centre and structures surrounding it that support the local communities during climatic...
Friendship News DeskApril 13, 2023 Haluaghat, a border sub-district of Bangladesh, faces poverty, unemployment and a lack of education and healthcare. With help from Friendship, local farmers are greening fallow land and supplementing their incomes by supplying...
A Friendship Climate Action Intern from the UK recounts her experiences with some of the most climate-impacted communities in Bangladesh Ellie Kimber speaking to Shojina about the climate impacts she is facing every year. ©Ellie Kimber/Friendship by Ellie...
20 things that make Friendship the organisation that it has grown to be by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 6, 2022 Since its inception, Friendship has had to innovate to meet the requirements of the unique geo-logistical, socio-economic, and environmental challenges...
Friendship and Standard Chartered team up to build a 54kW microgrid in Ulipur, Kurigram The MoU signing ceremony at the Friendship head office with the team from Standard Chartered. ©Ayon Das/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 20, 2022 Following the...
Rangpur division falls behind the rest in SDG metrics A boatman rows by an eroded riverbank, with people standing by to check out their newly-formed boundary line. ©Orjan Ellingvag by Dr. Kazi Maruful Islam,Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMd Abdullah Al ZobairAugust 14, 2022...
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...
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...
Inspiring stories of Friendship community staff going beyond their responsibilities for humanity and the well-being of their communities Friendship staff help an elderly man onboard ©Wasama Doja/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 25, 2022 When Friendship Community...