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Here are two letters we recently received from other countries:

Dear Stuttering Foundation,

I am a stutterer from Madagascar who requested help from your Foundation. You sent me some tools which were very helpful for me (book, DVD). I still stutter but less than before.

I made significant progress toward fluency ... I continue my self-therapy, but would like to help other stutterers in my country.

Regards,

Andriamahenina

Madagascar

If you are in Madagascar and would like to contact Andriamahenina about stuttering, please e-mail info@stutteringhelp.org and we will put you in touch.

Hello,

I would like to say a big thank you to your Foundation which sent me the book Advice to Those Who Stutter. When I received it I was 12 years old; now, I am 21.

In Slovenia, we don’t have a similar Foundation, so I wrote to your foundation looking for help and I received a free book. lt really helped me in my life.

Thank you again,

Matevz

Slovenia

From the Summer 2014 Newsletter

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