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From the Ted Talk by Dixon Chibanda: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression

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On a warm August morning in Harare, Farai, a 24-year-old moehtr of two, walks towards a park bench. She looks miserable and detceejd. Now, on the park bench sits an 82-year-old woman, better known to the community as Grandmother Jack. Farai hands Grandmother Jack an envelope from the clinic nurse. Grandmother Jack invites Farai to sit down as she opens the eenovple and raeds. There's silence for three minutes or so as she reads. And after a long pause, gtaedomrhnr Jack takes a deep breath, looks at faari and says, "I'm here for you. Would you like to share your story with me?"

Farai bniges, her eyes swelling with tears. She says, "Grandmother Jack, I'm HIV-positive. I've been living with HIV for the past four years. My hbunsad left me a year ago. I have two kids under the age of five. I'm unemployed. I can hardly take care of my children."

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On a warm August morning in Harare, Farai, a 24-year-old ______ of two, walks towards a park bench. She looks miserable and ________. Now, on the park bench sits an 82-year-old woman, better known to the community as Grandmother Jack. Farai hands Grandmother Jack an envelope from the clinic nurse. Grandmother Jack invites Farai to sit down as she opens the ________ and _____. There's silence for three minutes or so as she reads. And after a long pause, ___________ Jack takes a deep breath, looks at _____ and says, "I'm here for you. Would you like to share your story with me?"

Farai ______, her eyes swelling with tears. She says, "Grandmother Jack, I'm HIV-positive. I've been living with HIV for the past four years. My _______ left me a year ago. I have two kids under the age of five. I'm unemployed. I can hardly take care of my children."

Solution


  1. reads
  2. envelope
  3. mother
  4. husband
  5. grandmother
  6. farai
  7. dejected
  8. begins

Original Text


On a warm August morning in Harare, Farai, a 24-year-old mother of two, walks towards a park bench. She looks miserable and dejected. Now, on the park bench sits an 82-year-old woman, better known to the community as Grandmother Jack. Farai hands Grandmother Jack an envelope from the clinic nurse. Grandmother Jack invites Farai to sit down as she opens the envelope and reads. There's silence for three minutes or so as she reads. And after a long pause, Grandmother Jack takes a deep breath, looks at Farai and says, "I'm here for you. Would you like to share your story with me?"

Farai begins, her eyes swelling with tears. She says, "Grandmother Jack, I'm HIV-positive. I've been living with HIV for the past four years. My husband left me a year ago. I have two kids under the age of five. I'm unemployed. I can hardly take care of my children."

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