S TUT TERING FOUNDATI ON AROUND THE WO RLD Dear Stuttering Foundation,


Tank you once again for the wonderful resources you provided for my trip to Ghana. I was able to visit three major SLP facilities and share the Stuttering Foundation’s materials. Tese included the Speech-Language Clinic at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (a tertiary and university-affiliated hospital), the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, and the Speech and Hearing Center in Haatso, Accra.


At Korle-Bu, I met with SLPs who expressed a need for more stuttering assessment resources and professional development opportunities in treatment. At the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, I spoke with a neuropediatrician who heads the children’s unit. She lamented the absence of SLPs in her department, as funding shortages forced the hospital to disengage SLPs and clinical fellows despite having space for them. I left materials with her, as some children who stutter in Accra are referred there. I also shared materials with the Ghana Stammering Association’s secretariat, SLPs who staffed the summer camp I attended, and members of the public around these facilities.


I also gifted the Stuttering Foundation’s anniversary T-shirt you sent me to a graduate SLP student currently conducting her thesis on stuttering, whom I co-supervise. I’ve attached her photo wearing it. I am also attaching a letter of thanks from an SLP at Korle-Bu. Unfortunately, schools were on vacation during my visit, so I could not carry out awareness activities there, but I hope to do so on my next trip.


Tank you again for your generosity. I am hopeful that, together, we can continue to make these resources available to support SLPs and people who stutter in Ghana.


Sincerely, Emmanuel Addo


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