Friendship

Basic Informations

Friendship is a non-governmental organisation nurturing opportunity, dignity and hope in vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Founded by Runa Khan in 2002, Friendship began with the innovative concept of a floating hospital and progressively built its distinctive integrated community development model, which includes health, education, climate Action, sustainable economic development, inclusive citizenship, and cultural preservation giving access to 4.2 million people.

Address

Friendship Regional Office, 110 Sabuj Neer, Shaheed Muktijoddha Sarak, Hospital Road, Shyamnagar, Satkhira

Vision

We are an international social purpose organization guided by our vision of a world where people - especially the hard-to-reach and unaddressed - have equal opportunities to live with dignity and hope.

 

Mission

From Bangladesh, a country facing the most pressing of humanity’s challenges, we develop scalable solutions to strengthen marginalised communities, and empower people to transform their lives and reach their full potential.

 

Objectives

Major Activities

Sectors:

Health

Education

Climate Action

Inclusive Citizenship

Sustainable Economic Development

Cultural Preservation

Head Office

k-14/2A, Baridhara North Road 

(Kalachandpur) Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Project Office

A.K.M. Shakawat Hossain, Regional Coordinator, Sabuj Neer, House No-110, Muktijoddha Sarak, Badoghata, Shyamnagar, Satkhira.  Cell: 01727-011208

 

List of Excutive Body

  1. Salahuddin Ahmed
  2. Runa Khan
  3. Shamim Ahmed Khan
  4. Syed Nasim Manzur
  5. Mohammad A (Rumi) Ali
  6. Syed Afzal Hasan Uddin
  7. Samina Kabir
  8. Parvin Mahmud
  9. Luva Nahid Choudhury

Chief of NGO

Name: Runa Khan

Designation: Founder & Executive Director

Phone & Mobile No. +88 02 8417733-39 (+88 02 8417733-39)

Staff Strength

Staff category Male Female Total
Management and Supervision 22 9 31
Mid-level 35 28 63
Field Worker 61 36 97
Support Staff 24 3 27

Infrastructure facilities:

Particulars Total Number
Water Treatment Plant 5
Friendship Cyclone Resilient House 2
50 bedded Friendship Hospital Shyamnagar , (currently 20 beds operational) 1

Network / Forum

Micro credit related information Last three years: (If necessary)

Financial year Amount of Savings Loan disbursement (Cumulative) Amount of Total fund (Tk)

Project List ( Total Project : 13 )

Project Name : Friendship Solar Entrepreneurship, SED hub & Mobile Solar Pump Program

Doner : Friendship Luxembourg

Sector : SED

Area : Shyamnagar

Time Line : 01 July'2022-30 June, 2023

Brief of activities :

Project Name : Mangrove Plantation for ECO system and Community resilience in coastal Bangladesh

Doner : Friendship Luxembourg

Sector : Climate Action

Area : Shyamangar

Time Line : September 2020 to August 2025

Brief of activities :

The main objective of the project is to protect the embankment from high tide, ensure livelihood of the embankment dwellers, to reduce the dependency on sundarban, to reduce the carbon-dy oxide and improve their economical condition of the beneficiaries by livelihood support.

 

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