The unlikely origin of the friendship benches being rolled out at the Qatar 2022 World Cup

For a decade, Lucia Ngabu, has listened to depressing stories but none touch her like that of a 19-year-old who had approached her in 2018.

The young woman has been suffering episodes of depression after her boyfriend of two years had refused to take responsibility for her pregnancy.

“She was really depressed and contemplated taking her life. She was failing to sleep, had lost appetite and preferred being alone,” Ngabu recalled of the…