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Joe & Hev Talbot visit again

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Joseph & Heather Talbot who were our very first international volunteers have visited us again.

They arrived Cameroon on April 10, 2009 for a two-week visit.

This time, they are not volunteering but just visiting their many friends that they made while in Cameroon.

We also want to thank them for a donation of 200 pounds from Heather’s Church, Kidlington Baptist Church to support our School PCs Project.

Thank you Joe & Hev, also for your donation of a refurbished pentium 4 Laptop badly needed for our work here. Thank you to  Kidlington Baptist Church for their continues support of our community impact efforts.

HINT Re-organises its Board of Directors

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Helps International (HINT) has re-organised its Board of Directors and brought in a lot more vibrant members with a passion for community change and development.

The first Board meeting for 2009 held on Saturday March 28, 2009 with 11 Board members present.

The new Board includes:

  1. Tinshu Genesis Gemuh, Board Chairman, Founder/Executive Director of Helps International (HINT), Cameroon.
  2. Mr. Kum Emmanuel, ICT Adviser, CEO, Goodmann Computers, Molyko, Buea.
  3. Dr. Oben, Education Adviser,Lecturer, University of Buea
  4. Dr. Tchami Alphonse, Health Adviser, Medical doctor at CNPS, Buea
  5. Mr. Kamga Paul, Economic/Business Development Adviser, Businessman
  6. Mrs. Kale Community Development Adviser
  7. Mr. Arah Ttaku, Finance Adviser, Certified ACCA Chattered Accountant, Buea.
  8. Mr. Tanyi Joseph Mbi, Legal Adviser, Barrister at Law, Advocate/Notary.
  9. Dr. Masoh Vincents, Administration Adviser, Director, Police School Mutengene
  10. Mr. Manga Ade Joseph, HINT Vice President
  11. Mr. Simon Njock, HINT Secretary (Board Secretary)
  12. Mr. Akembom Pascal, HINT Treasurer (Board Treasurer)
  13. Mrs. Marceline Tinshu, HINT Financial Secretary (Board Financial Secretary)

Volunteer Application Form

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Thank you for considering to volunteer with us. There are a number of volunteer opportunities currently available as summarised below. If there’s anything you can do in the list, fill the following form and we will contact you as soon as possible.

You can help by doing the following:

Teach Computer Education to students at one of our partner Schools or train IT Instructors for these schools
Write funding proposals for some of our projects and help with fundraising.
Organize fundraising activities for our projects including contacting and following up donors. This can be excellent for online volunteers who do not or cannot leave their home countries to Cameroon.
Coordinate shipment of computers and other equipment such as medical suppliers and the distribution and installation in schools and community centers.
Teach Computer Basics (MS Window, Internet, Emailing, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint) at one of our partner scholls in Buea or at our Community IT Centres
Teach Web Design or Networking, or Computer repairs and maintenance, Desktop publishing or Photo Editing to about 10 students in class for 3 hours a day.
Serve at our Community IT Training Centre as Office Secretary, Cyber attendant, IT Instructor or IT Technician.
Run HIV/AIDS sensitization seminars in schools, prisons and at Community Groups, etc
Train HIV/AIDS Educators at our Centre, in schools, prisons, at Community Groups, etc
Participate in a medical outreach as part of a team.
Train young social entrepreneurs in basic business set up and management skills.
Identify needy orphans especially those orphaned by AIDS in targeted communities for subsequent support.
And there can be other opportunities…
  • Teach Computer Education to students at one of our partner Schools or train IT Instructors for these schools
  • Write funding proposals for some of our projects and help with fundraising.
  • Organize fundraising activities for our projects including contacting and following up donors. This can be excellent for online volunteers who do not or cannot leave their home countries to Cameroon.
  • Coordinate shipment of computers and other equipment such as medical suppliers and the distribution and installation in schools and community centers.
  • Teach Computer Basics (MS Window, Internet, Emailing, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint) at one of our partner scholls in Buea or at our Community IT Centres
  • Teach Web Design or Networking, or Computer repairs and maintenance, Desktop publishing or Photo Editing to about 10 students in class for 3 hours a day.
  • Serve at our Community IT Training Centre as Office Secretary, Cyber attendant, IT Instructor or IT Technician.
  • Run HIV/AIDS sensitization seminars in schools, prisons and at Community Groups, etc
  • Train HIV/AIDS Educators at our Centre, in schools, prisons, at Community Groups, etc
  • Participate in a medical outreach as part of a team.
  • Train young social entrepreneurs in basic business set up and management skills.
  • Identify needy orphans especially those orphaned by AIDS in targeted communities for subsequent support.
  • And there can be other opportunities…

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    Fundraise for HINT

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    Thank you for considering to help raise funds for some of our projects. We have listed on this page some of the different ways/ideas in which you can help raise funds right from where you are. Together we can make a difference.

    Food For Funds (FFF)

    5 or more people come together on October 16 (World Food Day) to eat, discuss ways of helping to end poverty in Africa, and make donations. Funds raised will be used to support Helps International’s work in helping poor people come out of poverty in Cameroon.

    Procedure.

    1. Someone contacts HINT and indicates the willingness to organize a meeting through the Food For Funds website.
    2. HINT gets in touch with additional details about hosting the event.
    3. The meeting takes place.
    4. Funds are sent to HINT online via PayPal or deposited into our UK Bank account.

    This is one of the easiest ways to raise funds for some of our on-going project. Please contact us to let us know if you will participates in this year’s Food For Funds Fundraising Event(FFF).

    Testimonial: in 2006, Michael & Margaret Astbury in England organised a Tea Evening and raised more than GBP 300 for our Community Education Library (CEL) Project. CEL will kick off in September 2007 and will provide over 2000 school textbooks to about 300 primary school children. Organizing an event is a great way to raise funds for the work we do as well as creating a general awareness about our work and raising more supporters. We will provide you with the necessary information you need to pass across to your guests. Contact us if you will want to organize an event to raise funds for one or more of our projects.

    Testimonial: In 2007, we raised close to $3,000 from 15 donors who gathered at Arlington, USA during the first ever Food For Funds event that we orgainsed through the effort of one family – Brian & Christe Dodds. The funds were used to extend credit to 25 rural women organised in 4 credit groups in two rural communities in the the South West Province of Cameroon. You too can take a simple decision to participate in this year’s FFF and change lives

    Run For Funds (RFR)

    Fifth Third River Bank Run

    Participate in the 5th 3rd River Bank Run in the USA and help raise funds for HINT. Go to this website for information. Please contact us if you can run for funds to support HINT.

    London Marathon

    Participate in the London Marathon in London, England, and raise support for HINT.

    ING Amsterdam Marathon

    Participate in the ING Amsterdam Marathon in Amsterdam and raise support for HINT.

    Procedure.

    1. Someone contacts HINT and indicates the willingness to participate.
    2. HINT acknowledges the willing to support her.
    3. Information about Potential Donor is uploaded on our website.
    4. ‘Potential Donor’ notifies his/her family members, friends, alumni, … about his/her plans to run for funds to support HINT and asks these people to support the project with donations as they are able to afford.
    5. The donor participates in the race.
    6. Funds are sent to HINT online via PayPal or deposited into our UK Bank account.

    If you do not want to eat or run in order to raise funds for HINT but you can do something (such as writing proposals and contacting potential donors or have any other ideas on how to raise funds for us, please contact us.

    About HINT

    Our mission is to improve the well-being of the underprivileged in our community through education, skill development, and job creation.

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