Creating awareness can sharply reduce the lethality of cervical cancer By Dr. Mosamat Umma Kulsum,5 April 2026 In the shifting river islands of northern Bangladesh, access to healthcare is never guaranteed. Communities are isolated, transport is uncertain, and...
Runa Khan, member of the Club of Rome and social entrepreneur, speaks with Martin Mbewe about her journey toward conscience-led, systems-oriented leadership By Martin Mbewe / The Club of Rome,5 April 2026 Runa Khan did not grow up knowing the Club of Rome. As a child,...
Friendship Founder Runa Khan on International Women's Day 2026 By Runa Khan,8 March 2026 International Women’s Day! As the world drapes itself in purple, we should ask what we are truly celebrating. We celebrate “rights” while women still negotiate around permission...
Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, observed World Cancer Day with patients to strengthen community awareness on cervical cancer by Iffat Ara Sharmeen,5 March, 2026 On World Cancer Day, i.e. 4 February, Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar, Friendship VIA Screening Centres...
A snapshot of Friendship’s Transitional Funding Project implemented across 198 climate-vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. The project was implemented in four phases across 198 villages in five districts – Kurigram, Gaibandha, Patuakhali, Satkhira, and...
From left to right: Ummay Asma Bhuiyan, Assistant Programme Manager; Katharina Frowein, Intern; Md. Bodiuzzaman, Assistant Director. © Friendship by Katharina Frowein,26 February, 2026 When I arrived in Bangladesh for my internship with Friendship, I carried two big...
Farmers of Goynar Potol in Chilmari, Kurigram, find new avenues of agricultural success through Friendship Farmers Clubs Members of the Friendship Farmers Clubs test the soil, check weather patterns, vaccinate livestock, and receive training from authorities to...
Informing, encouraging, and empowering women to take charge of their reproductive health 602 women showed up in the awareness sessions in the clinics and centres, while 768 women attended the field courtyard sessions. © Eshrat Jahan/Friendship By Iffat Ara Sharmeen,8...
by Mosamat Umma Kulsum,14 January, 2026 On 17 November 2025, the world commemorates World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day—designated by the seventy-eighth World Health Assembly as the first official World Health Day dedicated to eliminating a cancer. The stated theme,...
Women from remote rural communities take agency over their lives and livelihoods with a little assistance from Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen21 September, 2025 Harsh climate-related issues plague the shifting char islands relentlessly. Despite bearing much of this...
Without people helping one another, a community cannot progress, because all solutions to their development and resilience become unsustainable. by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 1 September, 2025 In a world where inequality and division continue to hinder collective...
The Friendship Secondary School was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha, a district in the remote northern regions of Bangladesh. © Ayon Das/Friendship by Iffat Ara Sharmeen, 12 August, 2025 Friendship Secondary School Sannashir Char was founded in 2020 in Gaibandha to...