A short documentary on a woman's path to prosperity through hardship and environmental calamity Friendship News DeskMay 19, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oo0kmjrad4&t=108s Nazma has had a life of continuous hardship – abandoned by her husband multiple...
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...
by RUNA KHANMarch 7, 2022 Women populate this world. We carry the new generation in our wombs, and we nurse them, we nourish their values and nurture their humanity. In this way, we shape humankind. Thus, when this is dismissed as part of women’s “natural duty”, it is...
Climate change is the common enemy we all need to face by JEAN-SALMAN MARRE January 10, 2022 By the end of 2021, there have been numerous judgements of COP26, from deeply pessimistic to hopelessly optimistic. However, it is important to acknowledge the full breadth of...
Life and survival in the Sundarbans—a photo essay photos by AJ GHANItext by NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINDecember 30, 2021 Much of coastal Bangladesh, the areas around the Sundarbans—the world’s largest continuous mangrove forest—is in a state of transformation. In some areas,...
We are addicted to unsustainable behaviour. Ridding ourselves will hurt. But if we don’t, the future of our children will be endless pain in an unliveable world. by RUNA KHANNovember 28, 2021 If you’re out after midnight on the streets of Dhaka city, you might...
A message from Friendship's founder and executive director, Runa Khan On this day, exactly 50 years since we claimed our independence as a sovereign nation, I am proud to be Bangladeshi. I am proud of the struggles we have overcome, the bounty and beauty of our land,...
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...
It was in March 2019, exactly a year before the Covid-19 lockdown in Bangladesh and all around the world, whilst travelling with us in the climate impacted and remote communities on the river islands of Northern Bangladesh, that global brand advisor Shubhankar Ray was...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairperson, Friendship Luxembourg Dear Friends of Friendship,Chers amis, chères amies (traduction ci-dessous), At the outset of this year 2021, I am sharing with you New Year’s greetings from Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director of Friendship,...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairperson, Friendship Luxembourg ”To systematically measure the changes that occurred in children due to the implementation of Friendship Education Program’s extracurricular activities, we incorporated a component called ‘Empathy and Awareness’ in...
Real Stories of Adaptation from Vulnerable Communities by Runa Khan 100% of the core work of Friendship since it started 20 years ago has been in the most climate-impacted regions in Bangladesh. Whilst working with these vulnerable communities, the one important...