TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN COMMUNITIES .
CREATING
SAFE SPACES
WHO WE ARE...
The Friendship Bench provides sustainable community based psychological interventions that are evidence based, accessible and scalable.
OUR MISSION
Get People Out of Depression
OUR VISION
A Friendship Bench Within Walking Distance For All
OUR VALUES
Empathy & Connection
OUR EVIDENCE...
“If we can't measure what we're doing then we really don't know if it's working."
Dixon Chibanda
A Randomized Clinical Trial
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION
Dixon Chibanda, MD1; HelenA. Weiss, DPhil2; Ruth Verhey, MSc1; Victoria Simms, PhD2; Ronald Munjoma, SLC1; Simbarashe Rusakaniko, PhD1; Alfred Chingono, MSc3; Epiphania Munetsi, MPhil1; Tarisai Bere, BA1; Ethel Manda, BSc1; Melanie Abas, MD4; Ricardo Araya, PhD5
WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
ONE BENCH
AT A TIME
Help us achieve our vision of a Friendship Bench within walking distance for all. We all have a part to play. No matter the community you are in.
Sign up to be a part of the Friendship Bench Community. Registration is completely free and gives you access to a wealth of guidance, workbooks, podcasts, live webinars, workshops and a community of like minded individuals.
TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE GREAT IMPACT
Everyone should have access to resources when in need! Join us! Reach out, connect, inspire hope!
LATEST NEWS...
BLOOMBERG QUICKTAKE
FEBRUARY 05, 2021
NIGERIAN HEALTH WA...
JANUARY 27, 2021
IMPACT TO DATE
LAST UPDATED (JUNE 2021)
1046
87 382
132685
5
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED
CLIENTS SEE ON
THE FRIENDSHIP
BENCH
TOTAL NUMBER OF SESSIONS HELD
COUNTRIES WITH THE FRIENDSHIP
61%
REDUCTION
IN DEPRESSION
& SUICIDE
IDEATION
60%
IMPROVEMENT
IN QUALITY
OFLIFE
CONNECT
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