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The Friendship Bench
A bench and community grandmothers bridge the gap in mental health care in Zimbabwe.
With no resources or trained staff, Dr. Dixon Chibanda, one of a handful of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe, (and Professor of Global Mental Health at Kings College London), aims to help solve the country’s mental health crisis.
A group of grandmothers are trained in behavioural therapy and sit on wooden benches counselling community members on common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.
