Wednesday, May 8, 2019

”Everyone, everywhere should have someone to turn to in support of their mental health”



The Zimbabwean organization, Friendship Bench, now trains hundreds of  grandmothers in problem-solving therapy, role-playing and behaviour activation. Their therapy sessions take place outside, on wooden seats known as Friendship Benches.

        

Friendship Bench are now expanding to other countries. 
 
“My dream is to take this to scale” the founder Dr. Chibanda says, “With something simple, we make a difference in the world”


See the English version of the full article at 
https://teachglobalcitizenship2.blogspot.com/2019/02/everyone-everywhere-should-have-someone.html

Se den danske version af artiklen "Bedstemødre i Zimbabwe bekæmper depression gennem samtaler på ”venskabsbænke” på bloggen "Der er brug for medborgerskabsengagement i FN´s bæredygtighedsmål" på  https://sdg-medborgerskab.blogspot.com/2019/03/bedstemdre-i-zimbabwe-bekmper.html

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