The Climate Crisis is one that policymakers are still not comprehending the gravity of by Abu Bakar Bin Alam,5 November, 2025 The Paris Agreement will turn 10 years old in a few months, and we have very little to show any 10-year-old child about what the world has...
Editorial/Opinion
The Power of Simplicity: Communicating Climate for All
by Magnus Mayeen Ahmed,28 October, 2025 Communications is both an art and a discipline, the bridge between knowledge and understanding. It is how ideas turn into action, and how complex realities can move hearts and minds. Yet, in the world of climate discourse, this...
The Art of Mindfulness
Brighter Minds, a Hyderabad-based initiative led by Heartfulness, brought their brain gym and meditation sessions to the remote char islands in Gaibandha Meditation expert Stanislas Lajugie receives a crest of appreciation from Friendship founder Runa Khan for his...
Shohojatra: Friendship’s Journey Together with Unilever
Friendship founder Runa Khan recounts the 25-year-old partnership at an exclusive event in Dhaka hosted by Unilever Bangladesh. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,3 September, 2025 Unilever Bangladesh was recently recognised as the ‘Most Sustainable Company of the Year’ at the SDG...
People Helping People: Saving Lives
Without people helping one another, a community cannot progress, because all solutions to their development and resilience become unsustainable. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 1 September, 2025 In a world where inequality and division continue to hinder collective...
A Beacon of Hope for Education in the Chars
The Friendship Secondary School was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha, a district in the remote northern regions of Bangladesh. © Ayon Das/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 12 August, 2025 Friendship Secondary School Sannashir Char was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha to...
Friendship Youth for Sustainable Development
A look at Friendship's youth volunteers for International Youth Day 2025 Friendship recognises the value of youth empowerment harnesses this potential to drive inclusive, participatory, and sustainable development. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 12 August 2025 ...
Runa Khan at the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2025
Friendship founder Runa Khan joins the award ceremony as a committee member on 9 July in Lisbon, to celebrate champions with an impeccable track record of climate action. Jury members of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity with this year's winners: spokespeople of the...
Empowering Children Through Play
by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 13 July 2025 For the past four years, the Friendship-KLABU Sports Club has given children from both Rohingya camps and the host communities the chance to nurture healthy play. Play is a universal language shared by all, no matter their...
Helping Them to their Feet
Thousands of children are born with clubfoot in Bangladesh, but corrective surgery and therapy can eradicate the stigma by Abu Bakar Bin Alam13 July 2025 The phrase “to stand on their own feet” appears in many cultures across the world in as many languages and...
Why change must start with people
by Runa Khan,15 June, 2025 On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage—globally, in treaty rooms and international campaigns, and locally, as we stare at rivers choked by waste and fields littered with non-biodegradable...
A Climate-Conscious Nod to Rural Empowerment
How sustainable, ethical slow fashion goes against the grain in Bangladesh Colourful threads from the rural riverine life in Bangladesh are firmly standing ground against climate change and pollution. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen4 June, 2025 While most...












