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On today’s show, we are ____ to learn about special park benches in Zimbabwe called Friendship Benches.

We have ____ special guests.

First, please welcome the founder of the Friendship Bench program, Dr. Dixon ____.

Can you tell us what inspired you to come up with the ____?

Sure. The idea came from an ____ I had as a psychiatrist.

One of my patients ____ become severely depressed.

However, she couldn’t get help because she was unable to afford the ____ ride to the hospital.

This shocked me, as I had never considered such a ____ before.

In fact, it is ____ for many people in Zimbabwe to pay for transportation and receive medical treatment.

Furthermore, there has been a lack of psychiatrists in the country for many ____.

When the Friendship Bench program started in 2006, there were only eleven psychiatrists serving Zimbabwe’s population of over ____ million people.

I needed to find a way to ____ psychiatry into the community.

Could ____ explain to us how the Friendship Bench program works?

Certainly. The program was created as a way to provide ____ mental health services.

It offers talk therapy sessions to people dealing with ____ such as depression or anxiety.

The sessions are ____ and are provided by respected elderly women from the community.

These women, called “grandmothers,” volunteer to ____ with patients at the benches, listen to their stories, and provide them with emotional support.

What a wonderful idea! How did these amazing grandmothers become a part of your ____?

____ were chosen for our program because they are deeply connected to the community.

Moreover, they have all the qualities of a counselor, such as excellent listening skills, ____, and the ability to engage in meaningful discussions.

They are also very reliable, which is important for our efforts to support mental ____.

At the ____, we started with only fourteen volunteer grandmothers.

But today, there are thousands of grandmothers who have ____ trained to provide Friendship Bench therapy in Zimbabwe.

What ____ after patients complete their sessions with the grandmothers?

When the sessions with the grandmothers are over, patients are encouraged to join a community support group made up of ____ patients of the program.

The members of these groups ____ easily relate to and support one another.

This is because most of ____ come from the same community and have experienced similar struggles.

That sounds like a great way to continue the support and build a sense of ____.

And the program has been incredibly successful, ____?

That’s correct. In 2022, we provided ____ counseling to about 90,000 patients in Zimbabwe.

Now, Friendship Benches are available in more than twenty ____ regions around the country.

Our vision is for ____ to have a Friendship Bench within walking distance, and we are working hard to make it happen.

We’ve also started expanding the program, and we now ____ online counseling through an app.

This ____ helped us reach even more people.

Thank ____ for your time, Dr. Chibanda.

Now let’s hear from ____ of the grandmothers who volunteers for the program.

Can you introduce yourself and tell us how ____ got involved with the Friendship Bench program?

Hello, my ____ is Judith Moyo, but people call me Grandma Moyo.

I’m 76 years old, and I have been volunteering for the Friendship Bench program for about eight ____.

I joined the program because many people in my community struggle with ____ health problems, and I wanted to do something about it.

I knew that I could help heal their wounded hearts by supporting ____.

That’s very kind of you. Can you tell us about your experience as a grandmother for the ____ Bench program?

Seeking help for mental health problems is ____ to be ashamed of.

____ seen how it can make a difference in people’s lives.

One patient of mine, a ____ girl, was going through a difficult time after her mom passed away.

I counseled her and helped her ____ her recovery journey.

Now her life is back on track, and she ____ even started her own business!

Cases like this ____ me so proud to be part of the program.

It is such a rewarding experience to ____ people make positive changes in their lives.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us today, ____ Moyo.

It’s truly inspiring to see the ____ that the Friendship Bench program has had.

And it’s all ____ to the hard work of people like you and Dr. Chibanda.