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'Friendship benches' to fight depression in Zimbabwe

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Harare, Aug 27 (EFE/EPA).- A few months ago, 30-year-old Zimbabwean Ruth Banda sank into a deep depression following the death of her father and her uncle’s subsequent attempts to take over the home of her widowed mother.Things began to look up when she met Joyce Chimbwero, known as Gogo, or “granny,” a kind woman in her 70s who was taking part in the so-called Friendship Benches mental health initiative. (Camera: AARON UFUMELI).SHOT LIST: A FRIENDSHIP BENCH IN THE RUTSANANA POLYCLINIC AND ITS OFFICES IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE. SOUND BITES: COUNSELER GOGO CHIMBWERO, RUTH BANDA WHO GOES TO THERAPY AND CLINIC SUPERVISOR BERNICE CHAWIRA (IN ENGLISH).

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