The four girls from the chars admitted to the Asian University for Women in Chittagong this year, at the university library. ©Friendship Mostofa Rony (The Daily Ittefaq)March 12, 2022 Despite the onset of modernity in the country, the dismal situation in the riverine...
Voices from the field
Women of Valour Awarded on International Women’s Day
Four outstanding women recognised for contributions to their marginalised, climate-impacted communities The Women of Valour for 2023: Sufia Khatun, Rahima Khatun, Mariam Begum and Shahinur Begum. © Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMarch 9, 2023 Friendship has presented...
Burn camp offers hope to patients suffering from injuries
Friendship carried out a weeklong surgery camp at its floating hospital to operate burn patients and raises awareness on preventable burn injuries A child with burn injuries undergoing a change in dressing after surgery. ©QUDDUS ALAM/FRIENDSHIP by Tahmeed...
Justice Served for Marginalised people
Online legal information & Help Desk in Gaibandha district & Session judge court helping marginalised people seek timely justice Raheela Akhter, a young mother and divorcee who sought assistance from Friendship's paralegals. ©TAHMEED CHAUDHURY/Friendship by...
Friends on Friendship
A series of testimonials on two decades of work in the most unaddressed communities in Bangladesh The Friendship cyclone shelter in Kuakata, which serves the climate-affected communities of the coastal south of Bangladesh. ©Friendship Friendship News DeskDecember 26,...
Experiences from the Field
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...
Dignity on a Canvas
Friendship schoolchildren define dignity through their creative expression as part of twentieth-anniversary celebrations. by Tahmeed ChaudhuryDecember 7, 2022 How would dignity look on a canvas? On Global Dignity Day 2022, artist Ehsan Protik, founder of creative...
Climate assistance is a matter of responsibility, not of contribution or compensation
by Kazi Amdadul HoqueNovember 7, 2022 On the bank of river Kholpetua in Bangladesh, a man sits still, his eyes fixated in the direction of the branches of a mangrove tree near the largest mangrove forest in the world, the Sundarbans. The searing heat does not move...
Empowerment knows no bounds
Inspiring story of a Friendship Community Medic-aide (FCM) who went from being a marginalised member of an unaddressed community to a representative of her constituency. Soniya Akhter is a Friendship Community Medic-aide, and recently, also a member of union council....
Test of fortitude for char students appearing for SSC exams
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL STUDENTS OPTIMISTIC DESPITE TRAVELLING MILES AWAY FROM HOME TO SIT FOR NATIONAL MATRICULATION EXAMS Friendship Secondary School students prior to the start of one of their SSC examinations. ©FRIENDSHIP by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYSeptember 21, 2022 Tenth...