As our coastal regions continue to face more intense and frequent calamities, efforts to conserve our primary line of defence – the Sundarbans’ mangroves, need to step up much faster The local communities plant and guard the saplings at Friendship's afforestation...
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Inclusivity for Progress: Empowering Women and Girls
This World Population Day, we remind ourselves that humanity can truly shine when the most marginalised groups, particularly women and girls can equally contribute to progress. Friendship has a holistic, integrated, bottom-up approach in all its interventions,...
Free Gynaecology Camp Held by Friendship Shyamnagar Hospital
Local leaders and experts appeal for better healthcare for marginalised communities affected by climate change A patient holds up her "health card", a proprietary new system now operational at the Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Iffat...
Loss, damage and lost opportunities
We must not let empty boxes and unkept commitments at SB60 discourage us from doing what needs to be done Friendship's mangrove afforestation project works with local communities to preserve the saplings, which sequester carbon, act as a natural embankment, reduce...
A little piece of Paris St Germain in Ukhia
Five days a week, children aged between 6 and 18, come to the sports centre - a joint collaboration of Friendship SPO, KLABU and Paris Saint Germain - to play football, basketball, cricket, futsal, badminton, and sepak takraw Groups of children dressed in colourful...
Cyclone Remal: Voices from the field
by Friendship News DeskJune 1, 2024 Cyclone Remal wreaked havoc across Bangladesh and parts of India for 40 hours, hitting the coast between Patuakhali and Kolkata on May 26th with winds reaching 111 km/h. The cyclone affected 3.8 million people across 19 districts,...
Reflections from Friendship’s Climate Meet-Up at SB60
Listening to local solutions, indigenous values and voices by Kingbadantee Sabir,June 10, 2024 A collaborative meet-up on climate action was organised by Friendship on June 6 during the UNFCCC SB60, better known as the Bonn Climate Conference, held at UNFCCC...
Preserving Tradition, Uplifting Lives
An interview with boat carpenter, Bhojon Chondro Shutrodhar Bangladesh boat carpenters proudly exhibit their work at an exhibition in Luxembourg. © Friendship by Syed Abu Sinjan SaadatJune 9, 2024 In the heartland of Bangladesh, where rivers weave through the...
An Evening of Hope and Resilience with the University of Liege
Launch of the UNI for Change platform by the ULiège Green Office in Belgium by Kingbadantee Sabir,June 6, 2024 On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the Boulevard du Rectorat in Sart Tilman, Belgium, hosted an inspiring evening as part of the Festival Rêve Général and Festival...
Cyclone Remal leaves destruction in its wake
3.8 million people were affected by the tropical cyclone that crossed Bangladesh Gale force winds swept the country, and there were tidal surges more than 2m in height in the coastal areas of Bangladesh during Cyclone Remal. © Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah...
Local solutions inspiring global action
Friendship at CBA-18 in Tanzania The Friendship delegation on their visit to the Selela and Makuwini village to meet the Maasai community in Tanzania © Sabrina Nizam/Friendship by Betteke de Gaay FortmanMay 28, 2024 More than 300 practitioners, grassroots...
Friendship’s Educational Programme Contributes to Combating Climate Change in Char Areas
Seminar held to highlight the Digital Literacy, Connectivity and Climate Resilience Project (DCCP) by the Malala Fund Professor Ahmed, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education addresses the audience during the DCCP Malala Fund conference....