Inspiring story of a Friendship Community Medic-aide (FCM) who went from being a marginalised member of an unaddressed community to a representative of her constituency. Soniya Akhter is a Friendship Community Medic-aide, and recently, also a member of union council....
Community Medic-aides
Beyond the call of duty
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...
Empowered and Equal
by RUNA KHANMarch 14, 2021 Empowered women are all around us. If we just look beyond the narrow, domestic role that even today, most societies assign us, we find that every woman has within her, incredible dignity, courage and resilience in the face of adversity. For...
Mobile medics
Friendship medics-aides deliver doorstep healthcare using mobile app by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINMarch 2, 2020 Shahjahan, 40, is suffering from severe diarrhoea. Given the nearest hospital is a four-hour journey over river and land, Shahjahan’s condition could easily prove...
Mashkura’s Motherhood
Mashkura, aged 28, wife of Abdul Hamid a shrimp-farmer, lives in the coastal village of Abadchondipur. She has grown up there, having had a happy, healthy childhood, and got married to a man that she thought would be able to give her a good life. By all rights, the...