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
