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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4nOLjgoKU8&t=664s Friendship wins film competition at CBA15 by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYJune 22, 2021 A Friendship film about climate challenges and interventions in remote riverine areas of northern Bangladesh has won the film...
Cyclone Yaas leaves a trail of destruction and a crisis that will worsen https://youtu.be/m38SkL3Q3Bk Overflowing and breakage of embankments in coastal districts has left tens of thousands in Friendship's working areas in distress. With footage from NEWS FLASH 71...
Embankments broken, houses flooded, a cyclone has always long-term impacts for local communities that prevent them from thriving. by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg, and Stéphane Van HauteJune 10, 2021 Chères amies, chers amis, Dear Friends of Friendship...
Friendship Luxembourg lance une campagne de collecte de fonds pour la plantation d’arbres de mangrove au Bangladesh. Quatre euros = 1 arbre planté. Objectif : des milliers d’arbres pour renforcer la biodiversité et les écosystèmes protecteurs des populations...
Runa Khan addresses the inaugural session of the International Dialogue on Migration 2021 Initiated in 2001, the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) is the principal forum for migration policy dialogue of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),...
Friendship School students in char areas to get virtual exchange programme with European counterparts Friendship launched a project connecting its secondary school students from remote river island communities in Bangladesh with their counterparts 8,000km away in the...
by Naushad Ali HuseinJune 10, 2020 On May 20th Super-cyclone Amphan began heading towards the shore of Padmapukur, a cluster of coastal villages in Bangladesh. As the majority of its villagers took shelter, Friendship's Uttam Kumar lead 30 young volunteers to repair...
by Saleemul Huq, Climate Advisor for Friendship The COVID-19 virus pandemic is still making its way around the world and it will be some time before it is over. Nevertheless, we can draw from it some lessons on how to deal with Climate Change. The problems we are...
by RUNA KHAN, back from Davos Davos, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, is a gathering of the cream of market leaders who are driving the change in our world today. Over 3,000 leaders in different fields and 53 heads of state, attended its 50th iteration...
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...
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,...