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...
Rohingya crisis
Fire in Rohingya camp
Missing Friendship learning centre student found; five learning centres burned to the ground The fire spread to the block adjacent to the Friendship Hospital Ukhiya. ©Friendship Friendship News Desk March 5, 2023 Updated on March 6, 2023 A fire broke...
Water World
Friendship founder and eminent architects hold panel at Dhaka Lit Fest 2023 Friendship News DeskFebruary 9, 2023 Back after two years of Covid restrictions, the Dhaka Lit Fest was held from January 5 – 8, 2023; which also happened to be the tenth anniversary of the...
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...
Champions in the Making
Winning girls' team from Bhalukiya Palong High School highlight the impact of sports facilities in Ukhiya The sports cage has space allows for a variety of sports to be played by the participating children. ©Friendship by Nazm-us Saadat and Sohani ShahidOctober 24,...
Education programme in Bhasan Char shapes responsible and empowered students
Friendship schools are are teaching the Myanmar curriculum to Rohingya children aged 4-14 years in a safe, and healthy environment Rohingya children, some of whose faces are adorned in traditional thanaka paste, line the hall at the learning centre. ©Tahmeed...
Healthcare centre in Bhasan Char celebrates 100 childbirths
Friendship’s health workers are working hard to change the prevalent culture of giving birth at home Ayesha Akhter, a Friendship health worker consulting a new mother and child at the camps. ©Tahmeed Chaudhury/Friendship by Tahmeed Chaudhury September 21,...
Improved Accessibility to Healthcare for 300,000 People
Ambassador H.E Ito (green vest) handing over the keys to Friendship, one of the ambulances on the left. ©Suman Ghosh/Friendship Friendship News Desk September 13, 2022 The people of Japan donated 3 ambulances to Friendship for use in the Rohingya camps to ensure...
‘Fear is Fear’—Stand with refugees wherever they are
The big question on World Refugee Day 2022: Could the developed world’s generous response to Ukraine be coming at the cost of funds for other humanitarian crises? Unaware of his future and that of his brother's, he looks to a bleak sky for answers that are to this day...
PSG, Klabu and Friendship team up to make sporting facilities for refugee children
Sports club on wheels brings the joy of playing to Refugee and host communities in Ukhiya by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURY April 28, 2022 With Eid-ul-Fitr just around the corner, many in Bangladesh and around the world are readying themselves for a celebration. After...