Grannies on Friendship Bench help Zimbabweans deal with mental health issues

After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner was arrested last year, 57-year-old Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown.

In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were next to zero. She contemplated suicide.

A wooden bench and an empathetic grandmother saved her.

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