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...
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship Tackling the impact of Covid-19 on a country of 170 million people and frequent natural disasters, we felt that the year 2020 was not like any other in our lifetimes. We shared our struggle to contain the spread...
by Runa Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Friendship The blessing that gives Bangladesh its natural abundance also leaves it vulnerable to nature’s more destructive forces. Bangladesh is formed at the mouth of two of the largest rivers of the world: the...
by Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below), J’espère que vous vous portez le mieux possible en ces temps si particuliers de confinement et je...
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 Marc Elvinger, Chairman Friendship Luxembourg Chères amies, chers amis,Dear Friends of Friendship (English translation below) Inutile de vous dire que les deux événements d’exception auxquels nous vous avions conviés pour ces 24 et 25 mars – ouverture, au LUCA, de...