Dear Mr. Adsaxo, Mr Agbeko, Mr. Amegashie, Mr. Anim, Dr. Asare, Mr. Asiedu, Mr. August, Mr. Darkinson, Ms. Darpaah, Mr. David, Mr. Doe, Dr. Dordoye, Ms. Esinam, Dr. Helga, Rev. Lartey, Ms. Mensah-Kufuor, Rev. Obli, Mr. and Mrs. O’Laughlin, Ms. Poku and Dr. Sefa-Dedeh,
For those of you who are unaware, the following is a communiqué to persons who attended a meeting on 16 December, 2008. The event was attended by twenty-five persons and was held at Hopeful Way House in Oyarifa, Accra, Ghana. The purpose was to bring together medical professionals, heads of nongovernmental organisations and individuals interested in addiction and recovery in order to increase collaboration and compliment each other’s work.
First, let me thank you for attending this long awaited event. Our meeting held at Hopeful Way House was fruitful in that participants not only demonstrated their willingness to collaborate but proposed initiatives by their organisations for the upcoming year. Second, I am grateful to you for providing me with your emails. There are two reasons why I asked for your contact information. One is the contact/email list will be sent via email so that participants are able to communicate with each other regarding their efforts of increasing collaboration and complementing each other’s work in the field of alcohol, addiction and recovery. The second reason is the following. Hopeful Way recently created a blog. A blog (Weblog) is a website where persons can write entries, reflections, comments and add material to an online journal. A blog may also have links (hyperlinks) which open other pages which may list other pages on the Web where additional information can be found on the topic(s). The purpose of the Hopeful Way blog is to provide a forum where participants and other interested parties can communicate and post information on their efforts. Questions may also be asked on the blog. Please inform other interested persons about our blog. This lettre and our report from the meeting will be the among the first posts. A further purpose of the blog is to provide interesting and current articles and information concerning all aspects related to alcohol, drugs addiction and recovery. In order to access the blog open the following webpage: http://hopefulwayghana.blogspot.com/. Once again, I sincerely thank you for attending and wish you a Merry Christmas and fruitful New Year.
Sincerely,
Theresa O’Laughlin
On behalf of the Hopeful Way Foundation
Congratulations on having a good meeting. It is somewhat easy to have such a meeting, however, but not so easy to run a halfway house or Oxford House. Let's see what Hopeful Way Foundation will be able to do to run a successful recovery home. If you can really get the help of those present at the meeting, the chances of having a successful halfway house may be good. The real success of the House depends upon those people who are directly responsible for Hopeful Way Foundation.
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