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Global Dignity Day celebrated in Bangladesh and around the world today. 79 Friendship Primary and 7 Friendship Secondary schools are organizing Dignity workshops in 11 Upazillas in Gaibandha, Kurigram, Satkhira and Patuakhali districts.
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Annual Global Dignity Day Celebrated in Bangladesh and Around the World
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Thousands of young people will be inspired to make a positive impact by recognizing dignity in themselves and othersHAPPY GLOBAL DIGNITY DAY!
Right now, all across the world, thousands of young people are feeling inspired. They're participating in dignity workshops, hearing from dignity-centred role models and putting the dignity values into action to make their communities—and the world—a better place. They're hearing and sharing dignity stories, gaining a greater sense of self-worth and recognizing the dignity in others.
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October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Friendship observed Global Hand Washing Day and National Sanitation Month at its different working areas and organized a rally, discussion session and cultural program to raise awareness on using safe water, proper sanitation and hygiene practices among the community.
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Daily Asian Age features Friendship's 6 water treatment plants in Satkhira District that provide safe drinking water to the saline coastal region.
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Water treatment plants boon for coastal people | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh
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When thousands of coastal people in Khulna andAs featured in The Daily Star, "The tale of contribution doesn't just end here. Through these schools, Friendship has been addressing several much broader social issues. Giving young girls a chance to study in these char schools help prevent early marriages. Another vital issue that it solves is the building of responsible citizens. Friendship's curriculum, therefore, extends to ethics, identity, and character-building."
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The hope of moving-island schools
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Let's travel through a different kind of school today, which goes beyond excellent academic results and ensures students come out with good character and moral strength. However, what makes it so diff..."The mounting pressures of surviving in inadequate conditions add to a growing sense of frustration that could eventually lead to desperation, especially if no medium- and long-term plan is presented to them,” says Kazi Amdadul Hoque, director of strategic planning and head of climate change adaptation and disaster management of Friendship.
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জাগো স্কুলে গ্রেড ৪ এর শিক্ষার্থী সানজিদা একজন দরিদ্র, বয়স্ক মহিলার মর্যাদাকে স্বীকৃতি দেওয়ার হৃদয়গ্রাহী গল্পটি শেয়ার করেছে। গ্লোবাল ডিগনিটি আমাদের শিখায় যে প্রত্যেকটি জীবনই মর্যাদা ও সম্মানের যোগ্য।
Sanjida, a student of grade 4 in JAAGO Foundation, shares her heartwarming story about recognizing the dignity of a poor, elderly woman. Global Dignity teaches us that everyone is worthy of #dignity and respect.
Friendship’s Inclusive Citizenship sector arranged two day-long visit for Community Paralegals of Gaibandha district to Gaibandha District and Session Judge Court on 24th and 25th September 2018 to facilitate awareness building and familiarization with the legal system and get real-life, hands-on experience of court proceedings which will help them when they provide services to the community members from Friendship Legal Information Booth. They also visited Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Executive Magistrate Court, Gaibandha Bar Association, District Legal Aid Committee (DLAC) Office, Public Prosecutor (PP) Office, Government Pleader (GP) Office and General Registration Office (GRO).
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Friendship has launched a fundraising campaign on GlobalGiving to support its education sector which is impacting thousands of lives through its 79 primary schools, 7 ICT-aided secondary schools and 74 adult learning centres in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh.
The schools are not only giving the light of education to these remote communities but also significantly reducing early marriage and child labour; and improving community hygiene, knowledge of human rights and better living conditions for the adults who were illiterate.
Your help can make the efforts go even further!
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Gift of Education - Learning Can't Wait
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We've established 79 primary and 7 secondary schools in remotest areas of Bangladesh where previously there was no government school. Our students have continuously outperformed the national average. ...