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  1. ""I didn’t want to live anymore. People who saw me would think everything was okay. But inside, my head was spinning,” the 57-year-old said. “I was on my own.”

    A wooden bench and an empathetic grandmother saved her.

    Older people are at the center of a homegrown form of #MentalHealth therapy in #Zimbabwe that is now being adopted in places like the #UnitedStates."

    apnews.com/article/mental-heal

    #Botswana #Tanzania #Vietnam #Malawi #Kenya #Empathy #CommunityHealth #FriendshipBenches #Grandmothers