Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe — for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirational talk, learn more about the friendship bench program, which trains grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy and brings care, and hope, to those in need.
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Now this is how you care about people!
Wonderful!
The title sounds crazy but then the video makes more sense than I ever would’ve predicted
This is a brilliant idea. I don’t see any big reason for it not to work. Best of luck!
Give this man some gold! Great video.
When you listen to this https://youtu.be/wrB-O09wxrc you will never never feel sad,cause it’s the word of Allah our creator.
I feel sad just listening you talk about it.
Khadidja, I am so sorry your sense of worth is centered around something external
Shada
are you muslim sister !?
This is such a great idea! It really is something that seems to have no downsides and increadibly powerful.
This is actually a really great idea. Grandmothers have the time and patience (usually) to do these things. Why not grandfathers though? I feel like for men especially, going to another male for help would make it easier for them to open up
In the conditions present I wouldn’t be surprised if Grandmothers were the better focus for the test of concept. In a ton of African societies Grandmothers already play a role as a councilor of sorts. While opening it up to grandfathers would also work there was less work to do in order to get it working and the people to train were already lined up to help. Of course I imagine once the program is something constantly happening, constantly looking for new people to help, it’ll be opened up to more than just grandparents.
As a grandmother I would do this in a heartbeat.
Awesome
Just goes to show you what humanity is capable of working together.
The thinking is cool. We can also use it in China
The 6 who thumbed down must have not watched it all the way through
I would love to talk to an open minded grandma instead of a therapist!