Friendship school student succumbs to illness from floodwater by Naushad Ali HuseinJuly 25, 2022 The Brahmaputra River had swollen early, flooding its low-lying islands. On Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10-year-old Mohammed Ashib Babu went to school. He attended classes...
Inter-School Connectivity Project (ISCP) brings Friendship school students from the river island areas and French students together to discuss climate change and share knowledge and experience Students at the Friendship Secondary School Nawshala speaking to their...
Residents of char Kheyar Alga spend more than 20 days living on boats during Kurigram Flood What used to be a newly-formed island not even two years ago has been, at least temporarily, returned to the waves. ©Tawhid bin Haque/Friendship by Tahmeed Chaudhury June...
Friendship founder calls for solidarity in building resilience to cope with natural disasters An elderly woman just inside of her inundated house in Kheyar Alga in Kurigram, on June 22, 2021. ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Runa KhanJune 28, 2022 Bangladesh is reeling...
by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJune 26, 2022 The Padma Bridge, a long-awaited, much-hyped and perhaps overdue infrastructural achievement that launched yesterday is more than just a point of pride for Bangladesh, being the deepest bridge in the world and using the...
4.3 million affected in less than a week With their homes completely inundated, the villagers of Kheyar Alga, Kurigram have taken to living on boats. They have removed the walls from their tin houses to minimise damage from the current of floodwaters. ©Tawhid Bin...
The worst is yet to come in Friendship working areas in Kurigram and Gaibandha Friendship flood volunteers assisting local community members in moving a house ©Md. Motiur Islam/Friendship Friendship News DeskJune 20, 2022(updated June 21, 2022) With the north-eastern...
The responsibility for climate action lies on every individual—a kind reminder for World Environment Day. by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMay 31, 2022 “There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To...
Inspiring stories of Friendship community staff going beyond their responsibilities for humanity and the well-being of their communities Friendship staff help an elderly man onboard ©Wasama Doja/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 25, 2022 When Friendship Community...
photos by AJ Ghanitext by Naushad Ali HuseinMay 26, 2022 The cyclones become more ferocious. The embankments weaken. Saline water seeps into communities, rendering lands infertile. Shrimp and crab farms in saline water proliferate. Like this, a slow, deadly crisis of...
A woman walks along a broken embankment amidst the waves. ©AJ GHANI/FRIENDSHIP by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINApril 7, 2022 Many of the world’s biggest health hazards today are caused by things we’re doing to the environment—air pollution, water contamination, hazardous...
Surplus energy from solar village project powers irrigation for farming; farmers’ lives made easier by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMarch 15, 2022 By the time Mominul Islam, a farmer in Goyar Potol, a river island in Kurigram, took home his harvest this winter, he had already...