Twelve-year-old Akhi is a student at one of Friendship’s secondary schools. She is one of five children in a family living in the chars of Bangladesh. Since her mother stays at home to take care of the house and children, the burden of earning household income...
Friendship paralegal in Gaibandha fights for a 12-year-old girl to give her exam and stay in school by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINJanuary 28, 2020 It’s exam day for the grade fivers. The exam centre buzzes with activity as students arrive and prepare to take the test. As exam...
Young volunteer rescuers spring into action during climate disasters Shahjadi Begum on the spot where her home was before the flood by Naushad Ali HuseinNovember 21, 2019 Shahjadi Begum woke up at 1 a.m. to find the river roaring through her veranda. Before going to...
Shamim Mia is a student of class 8 at a Friendship Secondary School. These secondary schools use a proprietary ICT-aided system that combines lessons that are pre-recorded by teachers from reputed schools in Dhaka, computers and monitors, and solar technology to power...
Mashkura, aged 28, wife of Abdul Hamid a shrimp-farmer, lives in the coastal village of Abadchondipur. She has grown up there, having had a happy, healthy childhood, and got married to a man that she thought would be able to give her a good life. By all rights, the...
Bangladesh, a low-lying, deltaic country criss-crossed by 300 rivers and streams is at the forefront of climate change. In the southern coastal belt, lies the village of Jhapa, in the sub-district of Shayamnagar, in the district of Sathkhira. If that sounds remote,...
To commemorate friendship day, we present to you the meaning of friendship, as expressed by children in our schools. Samima Age: 10 Friendship Learning Centre Rohingya refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar Song of Friendship Mst. Jasmine Akther Grade: IV Friendship School, Sidhai...
The World Cup final this year was nothing short of a miracle. Two teams tied even in the super over, in a game with the highest stakes. It was a game that everyone will remember for a long time to come. Imagine being witness to such a game, as a kid in the Indian...
Despite the fact that Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in education, national data reports 41% of the population are still illiterate, with the bulk of these unfortunate people in the remote hard-to-reach areas. Musammat Banisa Begum, hailing from the very...
Girls of secondary school age are particularly vulnerable to the practice of early marriage in rural Bangladesh. The situation is even worse in remote areas where majority don’t have the means to attend distant secondary schools. UNICEF reports that in Bangladesh,...