Friendship Bench provides mental health support in Zimbabwe during pandemic

The World

For the last 10 years, the organization Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe has trained community members, often grandmothers, how to lend a supportive ear to people dealing with anxiety and depression. Host Marco Werman speaks to Dr. Ruth Verhey, a clinical psychologist and Friendship Bench’s program director, from Harare.

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