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GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF DEPRESSION

BY CREATING SAFE SPACES AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN COMMUNITIES, TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

Friendship Bench® provides sustainable community based psychological interventions that are evidence based, accessible and scalable.

OUR MISSION

To get people out of depression.

OUR VISION

A Friendship Bench within walking distance for all.

OUR VALUES

Empathy & Connection

Anchored in Research

Featured on PBS NewsHour

The Friendship Bench Documentary

3 000

COMMUNITY

HEALTH

WORKERS

TRAINED

729 379

CLIENTS SEEN ON THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH

919

ACTIVE CKT PEER LED SUPPORT GROUPS

10

COUNTRIES WHERE FRIENDSHIP BENCH HAS BEEN REPLICATED

78%

REDUCTION IN DEPRESSION & SUICIDE IDEATION

60%

IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE

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