Stories
Exposition photo sur les mangroves
LEs mangroves du BANGLADESH VUes PAR le photographe K M ASAD exposées à luxembourg Lieu : Friendship Pop-Up Store, 22 Grand Rue, L-1660 Luxembourg-VilleDates : à partir du 22 septembre 2021Horaires : 11h – 18h du mardi au vendredi et 10h - 18h le samedi...
C’est la rentrée!
by ESMERALDA CHUPINAugust 31, 2021 En cette fin du mois d’Août 2021, à l’occasion de la Braderie de rentrée, Friendship a pu installer son stand devant la vitrine de son nouveau Pop-Up Store du 22 Grand Rue ! Malgré quelques nuages un peu menaçants, l’ambiance était...
Here Comes the Sun
Friendship’s solar micro-grid on a remote sandbar island could serve as a renewable energy model for other hard-to-reach communities in Bangladesh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX7e2k_NTxw by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINAugust 31, 2021 Since 2000, Bangladesh has gone from 32%...
What it means to be a citizen
How Friendship is saving lives by bridging marginalised citizens to vital services and what other organisations can learn from this. Each and every citizen should have access to services and benefits that cover their basic needs. © K M ASAD by LEOPOLDO MONCADAAugust...
An Equal Healthcare
Friendship founder Runa Khan explains why the world needs healthcare that takes care of all living beings, rather than just humans The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that we are all unsafe until all of us are safe. © YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND by RUNA KHANAugust 11, 2021 The...
Situation Report: Flood and Landslides Cause Havoc in Rohingya Camps
by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYJuly 29, 2021Updated: August 2, 2021 Years after they escaped extremely violent persecution in the Rakhine State, the Rohingya population can’t catch a break. Six people have died and over 3,851 shelters destroyed by floods and landslides...
Mangroves against the Climate Crisis
Involving the local communities and government is key to the success of mangrove afforestation projects A Friendship Mangrove Community Caretaker works at a nursery of mangrove saplings. Bangladesh has a lot to offer in the fight against the climate crisis, and the...
Friendship Hospital Wins RIBA Award
Architect Kashef Chowdhury's brilliance is recognised yet again, this time with a RIBA award for his Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar © SUMAN GHOSH/FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP NEWS DESKJuly 25, 2021 Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar (FHS) has been named one of 16 winners of the...
Field staff step up efforts as infections spread
Lockdown rules eased for Eid; Friendship field staff work on building awareness while adapting programmes to escalating risk As increasing infections stretch healthcare resources everywhere, Friendship hospitals are operating at full capacity through the pandemic with...
The Rohingyas must not become a forgotten crisis
Runa Khan urges donors and development agencies to step up aid efforts A woman enters Bangladesh with her baby in her arms, and a life shattered by genocide behind her. ©SYED WASAMA DOJA Four years after 800,000 Rohingya people entered Bangladesh, fleeing genocide in...
