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Tech-savvy grannies drive bid to bench mental health

Counselling has gone from being out of reach to being just a bench away

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by Tafadzwa Dzenga and Tafadzwa Ufumeli for bird story agency

Africa08 July 2023 - 15:57
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Friendship Bench project coordinators Georgina Chapoterera and Benice Chawira sits on the bench at their premise in Harare, Zimbabwe

“After talking to colleagues, family and friends, I found out that one of the most reliable resources we have in Africa are grandmothers,” Prof Dixon Chibanda writes on mental health website Hearts on Fire.

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