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Friendship

6 days ago

To enhance the training of Friendship's legal team members especially the paralegals in the field ,Marc Elvinger, Chairman, Friendship Luxembourg presented Friendship’s Inclusive Citizenship programme to nearly hundred members of the Luxembourg Bar Association on 28th March.Lawyers are encouraged to volunteer for a 15-day mission in Bangladesh to share their knowledge and expertise.

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Friendship

2 weeks ago

The training of Trainers on ‘Standard Guideline for Rural Housing in Disaster prone Areas of Bangladesh’ takes place at Housing and Building Research Institute - HBRI on 5-7 April to develop a cadre of Master Trainers who will support further training of implementing housing actors based on the guideline.

The standard guidelines define the core and technical standards with sample designs required for rural housing in disaster prone areas of Bangladesh.It has been developed by Housing and Building Research Institute - HBRI of Ministry of Housing and Public Works in collaboration with Friendship and supported by Department of Disaster Management. under Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief,

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Friendship

1 month ago

Runa Khan, Founder and ED of Friendship and 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient for the Friendship Center Gaibandha addresses the audience during a lecture session entitled: “The poor cannot afford poor solutions”, at the S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, on 15 March.She speaks about preserving the boat building heritage of Bangladesh which is at the brink of extinction and the architectural aspect of Friendship. She also highlights Friendship's initiatives for the #Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh.

The Vibrant #Architecture Scene of #Bangladesh took place from December 2017 at the Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with Bengal Institute.With #BengalStream S AM is the first museum worldwide to present an exhibition on Bangladesh’s architecture and brings together more than 60 projects by established and emerging architects.

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Friendship

1 month ago

"I started moving into the countryside to see the reality of life as it is, and when I did, I saw things that I had never seen in my life. I couldn't believe that we were from the same country. This amount of seclusion, lack of opportunity, hopelessness and detachment from the mainstream was injustice. There were instances where I saw children die because their parents did not have 10 taka for the treatment of their child!."

Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Friendship speaks about the formation of Friendship, her experiences of representing the culture and heritage of #Bangladesh in international forums and her vision for the future to The Daily Star

www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/runa-khan-the-side-we-never-see-1545463

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