Melody Banda's Story - Friendship Bench Community Health Worker
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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
WHO WE ARE
Vison, Mission, Values
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​
RESEARCH
IMPACT TO DATE IN ZIMBABWE
LAST UPDATED (June 2024)
2 000
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED
623 992
CLIENTS SEEN ON
THE FRIENDSHIP
BENCH
674
ACTIVE
CKT SUPPORT
GROUPS
78%
REDUCTION
IN DEPRESSION
& SUICIDE
IDEATION
60%
IMPROVEMENT
IN QUALITY
OFLIFE
IMPACT
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