Learn a bit more about suicide and how to prevent it
I just received this appeal from Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe:
“Our focus this month is on “World Suicide Prevention Da” on the 10th of September, and we would like to encourage you to share a resource with your networks or to just take the time to learn a bit more for yourself about suicide and how to prevent it. “
I urge you to listen to this interview (from 6:26 minutes into the video) which is a down-to-earth talk on what we all need to know about how to recognize depression and suicide thoughts, and what to do:
“Surviving Suicide” (60 minutes, YouTube interview): Click here
This video begins with a survivor testimony, but it is not in English (yet). Therefore, skip to 6:25 minutes, where the interview starts. The initiator & leader of the organisation and a therapist are interviewed.
You may download the four posters below as pdf´s from Friendship Bench: Click here
Friendship Bench Zimbabwe´s Homepage : Click here
Previous Teach GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP newsletter about the Friendship Bench:
An introduction
Please, share comments based on your own experience. Thanks in advance!
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Teach GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Newsletter no. 43
Egon Hedegaard
Thanks goes Glenn Schweitzer for editing.
Der er brug for medborgerskabs-engagement i FN´s verdensmål
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.
SvarSletclick https://youtu.be/FIi782I6YS0
My friend and colleague John Sirengo in Kenya mailed this comment:
SvarSlet"Thanks for the insights about suicide as an issue not only in Zimbabwe but also in Kenyan citizens. It is an outbreak in Police departments and other vulnerable groups in the community.
Solutions are being proposed some addressing the symptoms and others are proposing to begin with causes, like depression due to poor housing environments, Low wages etc. The country is in a dilemma.
Regards,
John Sirengo - Kenya"