Creating Safe Spaces: Thelma Chidamajaya’s Journey as a Mental Health Champion
My name is Thelma Chidamachaya from Harare, Highfields. I live with my parents in our family home. I am a mental health supporter under...
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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​
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
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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.
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TOGETHER WE CAN HAVE GREAT IMPACT
IMPACT TO DATE
LAST UPDATED (June 2024)
2 000
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TRAINED
575 893
CLIENTS SEEN ON
THE FRIENDSHIP
BENCH
674
ACTIVE
CKT SUPPORT
GROUPS
7
COUNTRIES WITH THE FRIENDSHIPBENCH
78%
REDUCTION
IN DEPRESSION
& SUICIDE
IDEATION
60%
IMPROVEMENT
IN QUALITY
OFLIFE
IMPACT
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