Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Friendship is a value- based non-governmental organization that works with poor and marginalized communities. It was established in Bangladesh in 1998 with the aim of providing essential basic services to the most inaccessible and hard to reach areas. The initial focus area was the flood sediment islets (chars) and riverbank areas of northern Bangladesh, where there was no provision of basic healthcare and education. The organization started to work through providing both primary and secondary healthcare, and then expanded the scope of its work to education. The organization's goal is to help char dwellers to develop basic skills and provide an infrastructure that will help these communities to get out of the poverty trap and give them sustainable opportunities and possibilities.Friendship has selected the working areas in Bangladesh in remote chars and riverbanks in the North, poorer areas in Northeast, cyclone-prone areas in the South and most recently the hard-to-reach indigenous communities in the coastal belt of the country. In Pakistan, Friendship has worked in the earthquake affected areas in 2005 and with Internally Displaced People (IDP) in 2008.Friendship's work in the chars and other vulnerable areas has become even more relevant in the light of growing concerns regarding climate change and its effects in high-risk countries of which Bangladesh tops the list. Not only is Bangladesh at risk of drought, famine, floods and natural disasters, it struggles with extreme poverty and very high population density. It is highly dependent on agriculture, which is greatly affected by climate change.. }
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- Friendship_(NGO) abstract "Friendship is a value- based non-governmental organization that works with poor and marginalized communities. It was established in Bangladesh in 1998 with the aim of providing essential basic services to the most inaccessible and hard to reach areas. The initial focus area was the flood sediment islets (chars) and riverbank areas of northern Bangladesh, where there was no provision of basic healthcare and education. The organization started to work through providing both primary and secondary healthcare, and then expanded the scope of its work to education. The organization's goal is to help char dwellers to develop basic skills and provide an infrastructure that will help these communities to get out of the poverty trap and give them sustainable opportunities and possibilities.Friendship has selected the working areas in Bangladesh in remote chars and riverbanks in the North, poorer areas in Northeast, cyclone-prone areas in the South and most recently the hard-to-reach indigenous communities in the coastal belt of the country. In Pakistan, Friendship has worked in the earthquake affected areas in 2005 and with Internally Displaced People (IDP) in 2008.Friendship's work in the chars and other vulnerable areas has become even more relevant in the light of growing concerns regarding climate change and its effects in high-risk countries of which Bangladesh tops the list. Not only is Bangladesh at risk of drought, famine, floods and natural disasters, it struggles with extreme poverty and very high population density. It is highly dependent on agriculture, which is greatly affected by climate change.".