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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