The key to adaptation lies in listening intently to locals and communities at the forefront of the climate crisis by Runa Khan, founder and executive director, Friendship In 2004, I was visiting our hospital ship in the river islands (chars) of the Brahmaputra. This...
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Climate Recap
By Benjamin George Coles In May, Cyclone Fani displaced around 3.5 million people in Bangladesh and India. Even before that, around 10 million in Bangladesh had been evacuated due to climate emergencies in recent decades. Friendship works in places that are among the...
COP25 in a Nutshell
Saleemul Huq outlines the major talking points at the Conference of Parties The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a global treaty that was signed and ratified by 195 countries obligating themselves to take actions to protect the planet,...
From the Netherlands to Northern Bangladesh
I love the world and all that it brings. I love to travel, meet new people, experience other cultures and explore nature. Loving the world does not only include travelling for me, but it is also striving to reduce the causes and effects of climate change. Loving the...
Shamim’s Woes
Shamim Mia is a student of class 8 at a Friendship Secondary School. These secondary schools use a proprietary ICT-aided system that combines lessons that are pre-recorded by teachers from reputed schools in Dhaka, computers and monitors, and solar technology to power...
Memory of Spring
Bangladesh, a low-lying, deltaic country criss-crossed by 300 rivers and streams is at the forefront of climate change. In the southern coastal belt, lies the village of Jhapa, in the sub-district of Shayamnagar, in the district of Sathkhira. If that sounds remote,...
C’est la rentrée – Back to work
Chères amies, chers amis, Dear Friends of Friendship (translation below) C’est la rentrée et pour Friendship, elle se fait sur les chapeaux de roues: A Dhaka, la première boutique Friendship vient d’ouvrir ses portes pour assurer toujours plus de débouchés aux...
Floods Hit 2 Million People in Bangladesh – Emergency Support Needed
Donate for the flood victims: http://goto.gg/41225 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxU09RmvJZ0 A surge in flood waters in the second week of July has inundated 21 districts in Bangladesh, particularly in the north.The main challenge caused by floods usually has to do...