Millions of people in developing countries do not have access to psychological care. Western intervention is not the solution, due to lack of psychologists. The friendship bench project has found an alternative: Grandmothers.
When dr. Nina Hansen travelled to Ethiopia last spring to conduct field research, students Marloes Huis, Josefine Geiger, and Aline Voss had the opportunity to accompany her. In this blog Nina, Marloes, and Josefine briefly describe the elaborate process of conducting field research in a very different culture and the challenges that were encountered.