Bangladesh · Multi-sector
Friendship
National non-governmental organisation. Based in: Bangladesh. Active at least since 2024. Main sector: multi-sector.
Friendship, a social purpose organization, has been working for the last 21 years to help address the needs of remote and marginalized climate impacted communities in Bangladesh, i.e. mostly people living in the northern shifting riverine islands and southern coastal belt locations. Friendship provides effective and integrated services, as migratory climate impacted communities need a basic platform to restart their lives after migration, across six sectors interacting holistically with each other: Health, Education, Climate Action, Inclusive Citizenship, Sustainable Economic Development, and Cultural Preservation. The organization, started in 2002 with the first mobile ship hospital. is now creating access to dependable basic services with innovation and impact in healthcare, education, direct climate adaptive solutions for more than 7.5 million people a year in 41 sub-districts across 23 districts in the country and nearly two-thirds of its 6000 employees are recruited from communities and trained to earn a livelihood, who continue services in their own communities as medic-aides, teachers, paralegals, paravets, para solar technicians etc.
- Active at least since
- 2024
Accounts
No accounts available from the sources we use.
European Union funding
Data table
| Year | Other EU programmes | Total committed |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | €239,376 | €239,376 |
Amounts committed each year by the European Commission to the organisation (contracts and grants), from the EU Financial Transparency System. A commitment often covers several project years and, in consortia, may include shares of other partners. They are not income for the year and should not be compared directly with the accounts.
Humanitarian funding received
Main donors in the last 5 years
| Donor | USD | % |
|---|---|---|
| France, Government of | $2.3M | 71% |
| Switzerland, Government of | $493,477 | 15% |
| Luxembourg, Government of | $456,927 | 14% |
Humanitarian funds (paid or committed) recorded by OCHA in the Financial Tracking Service, by year, with the donor that provided them: governments, UN agencies, pooled funds, foundations and other NGOs. They cover humanitarian aid only, not all of the organisation's work, and depend on what donors and organisations report to OCHA.
Countries with projects published on IATI
Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.
Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptation in Ecologically Critical Areas of Bangladesh (AECAB) | Bangladesh | 2025–2026 ongoing | – |
Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.
Official checks
- Public register
- NAB (Bangladesh) 1748 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts
- Quality labels and codes of conduct
- Core Humanitarian Standard (certification or independent verification)
Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology
Timeline
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
BD-NAB 1748 · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata