Aug 27, 2020 | Climate Action
A whole village disappears under water, yet the community continues its schooling. Mamotaz Begum’s village is at the bottom of the river. Where there were once homes of some 350 families, among lush corn and paddy fields, vegetable gardens, a mosque, shops—only the...
Aug 27, 2020 | Colours of the Chars
The pandemic slashed the fashion market, but Friendship Colours of the Chars pivoted its resources to produce masks, protecting local communities and creating opportunities for artisans in marginalised communities. by Rad Sharar bin Kamal The pandemic has left...
Jul 26, 2020 | Climate Action, Health, Rohingya
The Principle behind Friendship’s Response to Emergencies Radi Shafiq, Senior Manager, Friendship In his 2012 book entitled “Antifragile”, the mathematical statistician Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduces the world to the term “Antifragility”, which he defines...
Jul 23, 2020 | French Blog, News
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (translation below), A l’instant même où, dans son dernier Editorial, Runa Khan voit guetter la menace d’une Crisis Fatigue dans un Bangladesh se débattant avec une...
Jul 23, 2020 | Climate Action, Volunteers
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship Tackling the impact of Covid-19 on a country of 170 million people and frequent natural disasters, we felt that the year 2020 was not like any other in our lifetimes. We shared our struggle to contain the spread...
Jul 18, 2020 | Climate Action, Covid-19
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship The blessing that gives Bangladesh its natural abundance also leaves it vulnerable to nature’s more destructive forces. Bangladesh is formed at the mouth of two of the largest rivers of the world: the...
Jun 10, 2020 | Climate Action
On May 20th Super-cyclone Amphan began heading towards the shore of Padmapukur, a cluster of coastal villages in Bangladesh. As the majority of its villagers took shelter, Friendship’s Uttam Kumar lead 30 young volunteers to repair the town’s embankment. The...
Jun 8, 2020 | Covid-19, Sustainable Economic Development
While we work to protect our communities and our countries against Covid-19, we need to also prepare them to deal with the climate crisis, writes Runa Khan. It feels as though nature has left humankind reeling, our sense of vulnerability siphoned collectively towards...
Jun 5, 2020 | French Blog, News
Friendship Luxembourg propose une réponse solidaire à la crise sanitaire. Interrompu par la crise sanitaire du Covid-19, le Pop-Up Store de Friendship situé au n° 43 de la Grand-Rue à Luxembourg a rouvert ses portes le 2 juin. Mot d’ordre: No Business As Usual !...
May 20, 2020 | Covid-19, Sustainable Economic Development, Volunteers
by Raeed Abd-Allah Chowdhury The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected over 4.8 million people, and over 315,000 fatalities at the time of writing. In Bangladesh, infections have surpassed 23,000 and continue to rise exponentially. Undoubtedly, this...
