Friendship's mangrove afforestation project works with local communities, ensuring livelihoods, protecting biodiversity, building a carbon sink, and creating opportunities all at the same time. © Friendship by Kazi Amdadul Haque,November 10, 2025 Friendship has been...
by Raeed Abd-Allah Chowdhury,6 November, 2025 Friendship is honoured to be named a winner of the Earthshot Prize 2025 in the Fix Our Climate category. Beyond reflecting Friendship’s work, this extraordinary recognition above all celebrates the collective resilience...
The signing ceremony took place at the City Bank Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 29 October, 2025. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Friendship News Desk,29 October, 2025 City Bank and Friendship SPO signed an agreement today, 29 October, at a ceremony at the City Bank...
The workshop was attended by multiple government departments, Friendship Netherlands and Friendship Bangladesh. © Tawhid Bin Haque/Friendship by Friendship News Desk,26 October, 2025 On 25 October, a consultation workshop titled “Exploring the Potential of People and...
Friendship’s holistic approach recognised for the most prestigious environmental prize in the "Fix our Climate" Category The mangrove ecosystems stretch across the coastal regions in the south of Bangladesh, providing a natural shield against tidal surges, as well as...
Derrière ce titre un brin incongru – car, bien entendu, les mangroves ne poussent pas à Luxembourg tout simplement parce qu’il n’y ni la mer ni le climat tropical – se cache pourtant une vérité. L’idée de ce vaste programme de reforestation des mangroves mis en place...
by Friendship News Desk,4 October, 2025 Friendship, an NGO based in Bangladesh, is today revealed as a 2025 Finalist for the world’s most prestigious environmental award, The Earthshot Prize. Friendship joins a historic coalition of leaders recognised for driving...
The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize launched by HRH Prince William to identify, celebrate and back solutions to repair the planet, reaches a pivotal milestone in 2025, marking the halfway point in its ambitious ten-year mission by Friendship News Desk,4...
Rokeya Khatun decided that middle-age was not too late to turn her life around, despite her circumstances. © Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,27 February, 2025 43-year-old Rokeya transformed her land and home into a sustainable space to escape poverty, but her...
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...
Friendship Mangrove Afforestation Programme Shared at IUCN Conference Communities are put in charge of the mangrove plantations that they nurture, and then reap the benefits from. They protect the saplings, and the matured trees protect them in turn. © Friendship by...
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...