Friendship
multi sector development · Dhaka
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Runa Khan (Founder and Executive Director)
- Founded
- 2002
- Regulator
- NGO Affairs Bureau
- MRA-licensed
- n/a
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- 1500
- Coverage
- 22 upazilas across 12 districts; northern char islands of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and coastal Bay of Bengal areas
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory Friendship filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
Staff count 'more than 1,500' per Wikipedia (used as floor). Operates hospital ships on the char rivers. No reliably dated 2024-2025 event with a source URL captured during research, so recent_activity left null.