Relaunch the Ancient Craft of Wooden Boats

Article on Rolex Award for Enterprise 2006 - won by Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship for preserving the ancient boat-building heritage of Bangladesh.

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Islands in Bangladesh: the Impact of their Shape on their Resistance to Erosion

A paper published by Tim Huyge and Isabelle Lousberg from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium

The paper is available in the link: http://www.uclouvain.be

Friendship Programme Activities

A document featuring Friendship’s programme and projects information

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An Interview of Runa Khan on Friendship’s work

This is an interview of Runa Khan, Friendship’s Executive Director , describing why and how Friendship started. She gives an outline of Friendship’s focus on not only primary health care, but secondary health care; emergency relief and rehabilitation; primary, secondary, adult and vocational education; and economic solutions for the poorest of the poor. Furthermore, she talks about the philosophy behind Friendship’s work which is, to have a holistic, integrated development approach. Watch

Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital: With the Hope for Better Health

This video shows the facilities that are available on the Lifebuoy Friendship Hospital, the people working there, the types of services they provide, and the extent of its operations during the first year of its operations. The video includes interviews with the Chairman of Unilever in Bangladesh, renowned Bangladeshi physician Dr. F R Khan, and Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship. Watch Part: 1  Part: 2

Bangladesh Boat Hospital: Mobile Facility Helps Thousands 

This video clip is a report prepared by Al-Jazeera TV on Frienship’s hospital boat and the work it is doing in providing precious primary and secondary healthcare to people living in remote areas in Bangladesh.  The clip contains interviews of Runa Khan Marre, Friendship’s Executive Director, and Dr. Azam, a Friendship doctor, and patients. Watch

Reaching the most isolated

Published in Star Weekend Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 99, June 16 2006

Web link: http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/06/03/cover.htm

Plain Sailing: Bangladesh’s ancient boat-building traditions find safer waters

Featured by Silkroad, Inflight Entertainment Guide by DragonAir, Issue: July 2009

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3rd traditional boat exhibition begins on March 23

Featuring the exhibition styled “Traditional Boats of Bangladesh” for the third time in the country
Featured by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), 19 March 2010

Web link: http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=95599&date=2010-03-19