Friendship school students and their counterparts from Cambodia and Switzerland leave special messages on the occasion of International Mother Language Day Students and teachers from Friendship Secondary School Batikamari participating in a rally to observe...
Education
Connecting Schools on Climate Change
Friendship’s Inter-School Connectivity Programme (ISCP) expands to 5 countries Friendship's students can speak with students from 4 other countries, to share experiences and knowledge on climate change through internet connectivity, facilitated by solar power. ©...
Dignity on a Canvas
Friendship schoolchildren define dignity through their creative expression as part of twentieth-anniversary celebrations. by Tahmeed ChaudhuryDecember 7, 2022 How would dignity look on a canvas? On Global Dignity Day 2022, artist Ehsan Protik, founder of creative...
Twenty Years of Friendship
by Runa KhanDecember 7, 2022 On the twentieth anniversary of our founding, I cannot help but think back on where we started, how far we’ve come, how strongly with dedication we have grown, and also on our hopes for the future. At the turn of the millennium the world...
20 years, 20 milestones
20 things that make Friendship the organisation that it has grown to be by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 6, 2022 Since its inception, Friendship has had to innovate to meet the requirements of the unique geo-logistical, socio-economic, and environmental challenges...
Education programme in Bhasan Char shapes responsible and empowered students
Friendship schools are are teaching the Myanmar curriculum to Rohingya children aged 4-14 years in a safe, and healthy environment Rohingya children, some of whose faces are adorned in traditional thanaka paste, line the hall at the learning centre. ©Tahmeed...
Test of fortitude for char students appearing for SSC exams
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL STUDENTS OPTIMISTIC DESPITE TRAVELLING MILES AWAY FROM HOME TO SIT FOR NATIONAL MATRICULATION EXAMS Friendship Secondary School students prior to the start of one of their SSC examinations. ©FRIENDSHIP by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYSeptember 21, 2022 Tenth...
Left in the Wake
Rangpur division falls behind the rest in SDG metrics A boatman rows by an eroded riverbank, with people standing by to check out their newly-formed boundary line. ©Orjan Ellingvag by Dr. Kazi Maruful Islam,Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryMd Abdullah Al ZobairAugust 14, 2022...
Educating girls for a world where equality prevails
Friendship founder Runa Khan selected as one of three champions as Malala Fund’s Education Champions Network launches in Bangladesh Runa Khan, founder, Friendship, speaking at the event on the 25th in Dhaka. ©Tahmeed Chaudhury/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryJuly 27,...
Expanding educational facilities in the Rohingya camps
Friendship launches the reconstruction of a resource centre to train teachers and instructors in the Education of Rohingya Children designed by Children at one of Friendship Learning Centres, this one in particular designed by award-winning architect, Kashef...
Connected across continents for climate change education
Inter-School Connectivity Project (ISCP) brings Friendship school students from the river island areas and French students together to discuss climate change and share knowledge and experience Students at the Friendship Secondary School Nawshala speaking to their...
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...