District seminar and workshop held to discuss the education in remote, rural Bangladesh Attendees observe the posters and school model at the District Seminar Workshop held at the Friendship Centre in Gaibandha. © Mahinur Rahman/Friendship by Iffat Ara...
Students from the Luxembourg Experience Life in Bangladesh’s Chars The students of Friendship Schools spent the day speaking about their lives with the students from Luxembourg. © Bishal Akash/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,November 5, 2024 A delegation of students...
The spirit of local knowledge, open source of information, and universalising access to technologies should be the foundation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. In a densely populated country like Bangladesh, convincing locals to spare land for biodiversity has...
Public school students took part in the Global Dignity Day drawing competitions as well. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,October 23, 2024 On October 16, 2024, Friendship School students celebrated Global Dignity Day, echoing the powerful voice of dignity and the...
An overview of Friendship’s contribution to conserving biodiversity for climate action and sustainable development ahead of CBD COP16. by Kazi Amdadul Hoque,October 20, 2024 Since its inception, Friendship has worked in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh...
Celebrating the accomplishment of two Friendship School students for the International Day of the Girl Child Girls are often deprived of opportunities, education, jobs and the agency to determine their future. That needs to change.© Friendship by Iffat Ara...
A cultural lifeline and catalyst for social change in remote char communities by Ahmed Toufiqur Rahman,October 8, 2024 The char lands of northern Bangladesh are a unique landscape, formed by the deposition of sediments carried by rivers like the Brahmaputra, Jamuna,...
The Youth of the Chars Share Their Stories of Hope The youth alumni came to the Friendship head office for the meet and greet with senior staff on 26 September 2024. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,October 7, 2024 In a heartwarming get-together...
Building a Just and Sustainable Tomorrow by Runa Khan,September 16, 2024 In late August, during my trip to Nepal, I had the pleasure of sitting down for an engaging coffee meet with some of Nepal’s most promising young leaders. The gathering brought young minds of...
Floods not only take lives, but also destroy livelihoods, destabilise the local economy and set communities that are already marginalised much further back. © Friendship by Abu Bakar Bin Alam,August 20, 2024 Frequent natural disasters like flooding were one of the key...
In July and August of 2024, massive upheaval by the nation’s youth led to what is now being called ‘Bangladesh 2.0’ After a month of violent clashes with law enforcement leading to 600+ deaths, the protestors finally had their demands met. © Shadab Shahrokh Hai. by...
by Runa Khan, August 6, 2024 My pride, belief and love for the people of Bangladesh, has always overridden any sadness I felt for our lives not being what we all deserved to have. All my life I felt the disbalance, and for the last 22 years it is what I craved for...