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...
Saving Lives
Lend a hand of Friendship
Friendship founder calls for solidarity in building resilience to cope with natural disasters An elderly woman just inside of her inundated house in Kheyar Alga in Kurigram, on June 22, 2021. ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Runa KhanJune 28, 2022 Bangladesh is reeling...
Millions Endangered by Flood in Bangladesh: Situation Report
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...
Communities endangered in Sudden Flood in Sylhet and Rangpur Divisions
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...
Sanofi partners with Friendship to fund health projects
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...
Beyond the call of duty
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...
Tales of hope
Anecdotes of young children awaiting life-changing surgery at the Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar Gerin, a young patient runs down a hallway at Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYApril 11, 2022 Silent prayers, sudden wails, humble hopes of a better...
Transforming lives in the ‘world’s best new building’
An orthopaedic camp at Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar brings hope and opportunity to children in the climate-vulnerable coastal belt Maharima being wheeled towards the operating theatre. ©AYON DAS/FRIENDSHIP by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINMarch 31, 2022 Letting her...
Eradicating the preventable loss of women’s lives
Friendship working to eliminate cervical cancer in Bangladesh by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYMarch 31, 2022 When Asma Khatun, 30, resident of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, found out that she had grown pre-cancerous lesions that could lead to cervical cancer, her world came crashing...
Light in their eyes, warmth in our hearts
An international volunteer doctor recounts her experiences at a Friendship floating hospital The medical team with Runa Khan, founder, Friendship. PHOTO COURTESY: DR. FINA TOMÀS by DR. FINA TOMÀSMarch 23, 2022 It is a slow, cautious look, perhaps out of fear, perhaps...