by Friendship News Desk,27 January, 2025 Tales of joy, friendship, and warmth reverberated through the Friendship Centre in Gaibandha on 2 January 2025, as Friendship School alumni celebrated their first-ever grand reunion. Since 2006, Friendship Schools have been...
Voices from the field
Women of Valour 2025: Accelerating Action, Empowering Change
Clockwise from the top - Rozina Akter, Purnima Rani, Sajeda Begum and Mosammat Manowara, the four recipients of the Women of Valour Award 2025. © Friendship by Friendship News Desk,March 8, 2025 Every International Women's Day since 2022, Friendship awards four women,...
Rokeya Khatun: A Climate Champion Nurturing Hope
Rokeya Khatun decided that middle-age was not too late to turn her life around, despite her circumstances. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,27 February, 2025 43-year-old Rokeya transformed her land and home into a sustainable space to escape poverty, but her...
A Heartwarming Reunion
Tales of joy, friendship, and warmth reverberated through the Friendship Centre in Gaibandha on 2 January 2025, as Friendship School alumni celebrated their first-ever grand reunion by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 2 January, 2025 The remote char islands of...
Friendship Community Paralegals Win the Joyeeta Award
Hosn-e-ara Akhter Hasi is one of the recipients of the prestigious award. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen21 December, 2024 Hosn-e-ara Akhter Hasi and Arzina Akhter won the prestigious Joyeeta Award at an event in Chilmari, Kurigram on 10 December for their resolute...
When Girls Realise Their Vision for the Future
Celebrating the accomplishment of two Friendship School students for the International Day of the Girl Child Girls are often deprived of opportunities, education, jobs and the agency to determine their future. That needs to change.© Friendship by Iffat Ara...
Friendship School Alumni Meet and Greet
The Youth of the Chars Share Their Stories of Hope The youth alumni came to the Friendship head office for the meet and greet with senior staff on 26 September 2024. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,October 7, 2024 In a heartwarming get-together...
Situation Report: Friendship Provides Emergency Assistance in Flood-Affected, Remote Areas
People have been forced to relocate due to the floods damaging their homes, in both rural and urban areas. © Friendship by Friendship News Desk,September 5, 2024 Several districts in Eastern Bangladesh have been inundated due to deadly flash floods this August,...
A little piece of Paris St Germain in Ukhia
Five days a week, children aged between 6 and 18, come to the sports centre - a joint collaboration of Friendship SPO, KLABU and Paris Saint Germain - to play football, basketball, cricket, futsal, badminton, and sepak takraw Groups of children dressed in colourful...
Cyclone Remal: Voices from the field
by Friendship News DeskJune 1, 2024 Cyclone Remal wreaked havoc across Bangladesh and parts of India for 40 hours, hitting the coast between Patuakhali and Kolkata on May 26th with winds reaching 111 km/h. The cyclone affected 3.8 million people across 19 districts,...
Preserving Tradition, Uplifting Lives
An interview with boat carpenter, Bhojon Chondro Shutrodhar Bangladesh boat carpenters proudly exhibit their work at an exhibition in Luxembourg. © Friendship by Syed Abu Sinjan SaadatJune 9, 2024 In the heartland of Bangladesh, where rivers weave through the...
A woman’s journey from Bojra Char to Tanzania: a story worth telling
Shahazadi Akter, Friendship Flood Volunteer, relates her experiences visiting CBA18 Shahazadi Akter, 3rd from left, sits on stage during Friendship's session at CBA18 in Tanzania. © Sabrina Nizam/Friendship by Iqra QamariMay 26, 2024 For residents who are far removed...