Why I train grandmothers to treat depression | Dixon Chibanda

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🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped to develop a beautiful solution powered by a limitless resource: grandmothers. In this extraordinary, inspirational talk, learn more about the friendship bench program, which trains grandmothers in evidence-based talk therapy and brings care, and hope, to those in need.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a special archive presentation of TED Talks Daily.
0:05.7	This talk features psychiatrist Dixon Chabanda, recorded live at TED Women 2017.
0:13.3	On a warm August morning in Harare, Farai, a 24-year-old mother of two,
0:21.6	walks towards a park bench.
0:24.6	She looks miserable and dejected.
0:28.6	Now, on the park bench sits an 82-year-old woman,
0:34.6	better known to the community, as Grandmother Jack.
0:40.6	Farai hands Grandmother Jack an envelope from the clinic nurse.
0:48.6	Grandmother Jack invites Farai to sit down as she opens the envelope and reads the silence for three minutes or so as she reads
0:58.4	and after a long pause grandmother jack takes a deep breath looks at farai and says i'm here for you
1:08.7	would you like to share your story with me far I'm here for you.
1:13.6	Would you like to share your story with me? Farai begins.
1:15.6	Her eyes swelling with tears.
1:19.6	She says,
1:21.6	Grandmother Jack, I'm HIV positive.
1:24.6	I've been living with HIV for the past four years.
1:29.3	My husband left me a year ago.
1:31.3	I have two kids under the age of five.
1:35.3	I am unemployed.
1:37.3	I can hardly take care of my children.
1:41.3	Tears now flowing down her face. And in response, Grandmother Jack moves closer,
1:48.6	puts her hand on Farai and says, Farai, it's okay to cry. You've been through a lot.
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