Mahbubur Rahman, from char Sidhai, has excelled in every public university examination he sat for Mahbubur Rahman grew up with a life of dearth but is now a student of the topmost engineering university in Bangladesh, BUET. ©Friendship By Tahmeed ChaudhuryJune 25,...
Friendship school students participate in the European Youth Event in France, tour Luxembourg Rupali and Nurunnahar with fellow students from the Inter-School Connectivity Project in front of the EU parliament building during the European Youth Event (EYE)....
Workshop on one health conducted in Dhaka with findings and recommendations to be presented in Lyon in July Human, environmental and animal health are integrally tied to each other, as per the one health concept. ©Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJune 14, 2023...
Friendship and ADPC hosted a thematic workshop at CBA17 conference in Bangkok A bird's eye view of a Friendship plinth that provides shelter to local communities during natural disasters. ©Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryJune 4, 2023 The 17th International...
We sat down Belgian climate scientist and former IPCC vice-chair Jean Pascal van Ypersele for an interview where he stated his impressions of Friendship’s mangrove plantation and its importance in protecting climate impacted local communities. Dr. Jean Pascal van...
EGE, a five-year programme to empower girls in rural communities concludes by Friendship News DeskMay 28, 2023 in October 2018, a programme was launched to help the educational and socio-economic development of female/girl children in rural Bangladesh, through the use...
Friendship staff with various attendees at the GAAD event ©Ayon Das/Friendship by Friendship News DeskMay 21, 2023 Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is a day meant to raise awareness about inclusive digital accessibility for over a billion disabled individuals...
Categorised as a super cyclone, cyclone Mocha was expected to cause severe damage to lives and livelihoods in Cox’s Bazar, but has veered toward Myanmar by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 15, 2023 In the build up to its landfall, cyclone Mocha was classed as an “extremely severe...
An interview with Franz Fayot, Luxembourg minister for development cooperation and humanitarian affairs, following his two-day trip to remote chars in the north https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWlNYDVXMk by Friendship News DeskMay 3, 2023 Franz Fayot, Luxembourg...
An 11-member delegation led by the minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg visits Friendship’s interventions in the river islands of Bangladesh The Luxembourg minister (centre) along with his team, as well as Runa...
‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes and emergency refuges Hamida Khatun outside her home in the village of Mudafat, Chilmari. She will be moving to a new plinth this year. © Farzana...
Architectural innovations and adaptations are helping to bring permanence to a flood-prone land An example of a flood-resistant raised plinth, with a fresh-water pond at its centre and structures surrounding it that support the local communities during climatic...