Le nouveau Pop-Up Store de Friendship Colours of the Chars est ouvert au Royal Hamilius.(English version below) by Esmeralda Chupin and Sophie SegercrantzFebruary 24, 2023 Lancée à l’automne 2019, l’aventure des Pop-Up Store Friendship Colours of the Chars, se...
Inclusive Citizenship
Justice for Marginalised people
Online Legal Information and Help Desk in Gaibandha district court helping marginalised people seek timely justice Raheela Akhter, a young mother and divorcee who sought assistance from Friendship's paralegals. ©TAHMEED CHAUDHURY/Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryJanuary...
Experiences from the Field
A Friendship Climate Action Intern from the UK recounts her experiences with some of the most climate-impacted communities in Bangladesh Ellie Kimber speaking to Shojina about the climate impacts she is facing every year. ©Ellie Kimber/Friendship by Ellie...
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...
Reaching out to the bright minds of the future
Chair of Friendship Luxembourg speaks to the students and staff of Dhaka University Marc Elvinger, Chair of Friendship Luxembourg (4th from left) at the lecture at Dhaka University. ©Tawhid bin Haque/Friendship. Friendship News Desk September 14, 2022 Chair of...
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...
Bringing up the Back
Roundtable meeting on Improving the Living Standard of Northern Char Dwellers of Bangladesh held in Dhaka Runa Khan and Dr. Shamsul Alam at the meeting, along with the rest of the delegation ©Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryAugust 4, 2022 A...
Path to Prosperity
A short documentary on a woman's path to prosperity through hardship and environmental calamity Friendship News DeskMay 19, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oo0kmjrad4&t=108s Nazma has had a life of continuous hardship – abandoned by her husband multiple...
‘Disabled people are an integral part of human diversity’
An interview with a visually-impaired trainer on inclusivity and being a disabled person in Bangladesh Jahangir Alam conducting a training session at the Friendship Centre ©Tahmeed Chaudhury by Tahmeed ChaudhuryMay 18, 2022 Muhammad Jahangir Alam is a Senior...
Boy or Girl?
Mother's day: Motherhood is a blessing, but apparently sometimes it’s a frightful game of roulette by MD ABDUL JALIL and NAUSHAD ALI HUSEINMay 8, 2022 Mother's Day is of course a day to celebrate the wondrous miracle of motherhood. But perhaps it's also a time to...
Unable to hear no
Inclusive Citizenship is working to empower people with disability on the chars Sumaya with the toys that keep her at home ©ABIR ABDULLAH/FRIENDSHIP by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYApril 27, 2022 In Koraibari, a river island (char) in Gaibandha district, a grinning Tawhid guides...