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Our History

February 20, 2009 by Genesis Leave a Comment

In 1998, a young man shabbily dressed and looking very dirty approached Mr. Genesis Tinshu, founder of HINT. He almost ran for fear that the young man was insane and was trying to attack him. Then he noticed that the young man was showing him a piece of paper signed by a prominent law officer. According to the document, he had been released from prison. He was in need of financial assistance to re-unite with his family in a far distant city. Thank God, Mr. Genesis had some money on him that could buy some food and also help pay his way home. Genesis took him to a nearby bus station and saw him off.

Then Mr. Genesis began to wonder what would happen to him when he gets home. Would he be accepted? Would he adjust properly to life outside, after 7 years of imprisonment? How long would the little money he gave him last? Would he be able to live a sustainable life? Mr. Genesis hoped he could empower him to live a responsible life that will prevent future imprisonment.

Later that same year, Mr. Genesis went back to prison to visit and surprisingly he met the same young man and he was behind bars for a fresh crime. He ignored him when he called out to him the first time but felt deeply for him and wished he could help him.

Towards the middle of that same year, Mr. Genesis came to know two young ladies and both were students. They were being sexually exploited by married men in exchange for their education. Poverty had driven them this far. I felt for them and wished I could immediately help them out. If they could operate a self-reliant business, that will help to sustain them and free them from sexual molestation.

Helps International (HINT) Cameroon was then created in 2002 to improving on the social and economic well-being and health of the poor and underprivileged in the society through education, skills development and job creation.

If you would like to help you can read more on how you can help, or contact us.

Our Goals & Objectives

February 19, 2009 by Genesis Leave a Comment

1. To bridge the digital divide
a. Help school children get ICT exposure and skills through the School PCs Project
b. Help underprivileged youths within the community to gain ICT skills through Community IT Training Centres.

2. To give the poor and underprivileged a chance to be educated.
a. Provide for the educational needs of orphans and underprivileged children through Child Sponsorship
b. Set up Community Education Centres in needy communities to cater for the education needs of the poor and underprivileged.

3. To fight poverty and unemployment
a. Provide access to low-interest loans and business management training to the poor for through Africa Rural Investment Fund (ARIF).
b. Equip underprivileged and unemployed youths with marketable IT skills so help them find employment.

4. To improve the health of the underprivileged poor
a. Train HIV Educators who in turn will educate their communities, social groups and families on how to prevent HIV and other diseases.
b. Run medical outreaches to educate the general public on healthy living and disease prevention.

5. To help develop needy communities
a. Provide clean water where needed
b. Provide solar electricity where needed.

HINT is now a certified ICIP partner with INVENEO, USA

November 16, 2008 by Genesis Leave a Comment

Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT into the hands of organizations and people who need them most: those in remote and rural communities in the developing world.

To do this, Inveneo creates and sells highly affordable and sustainable ICTs that are specifically designed for organizations — governments, NGOs, private enterprises — that serve these rural communities with vital services that include education, healthcare, economic development, relief and telecenters. Our ICTs are designed to overcome challenges that these organizations face:

Lack of dependable, if any, electricity
Extremely high cost of power
Prevalence of heat, dust, moisture and humidity, often punishing conditions for ICTs
Lack of affordable access to Internet and telephony services
Novice users and administrators

This partnership follows HINT’s participation in Inveneo’s workshop in Cameroon in November 2007.

Becoming a certified ICIP means we can sell and install Inveneo equipment.

More here: http://www.inveneo.org/?q=ictpartners#cameroon

Welcome to our newest volunteer at HINT

March 28, 2008 by Genesis Leave a Comment

We accept the saying that God has no hands on earth but ours, no legs but ours, no eyes but ours, yes and even yours. Come join us to reach the world and the suffering masses around us with your hands, eyes, legs, ears talents, finances… to reach out and help an under privilege Cameroonian.

We welcome Yabua Doris Kanjo to join Pastor Tinshu Genesis, Mrs Tinshu Marceline, Mr. Akembom Pascal, Mr. Eyong Ndip, Mr. Ndum Vitalis, Miss Valluma Vivian, Mr. Bensbate Rene, Mrs Edang Genevieve Menngi, Miss Fabuinkwi Miranda, Mr. Sunjo Manaseh, Mr & Mrs Wamei Alfred, Simon Njock, Simon Ade Manga, etc a team you could happily be part of by filling our online application form or contribute to it online to help improve on the social and economic well being and health of the poor and underprivileged in the society through education skills development and job creation.

What greater love than to lay down your talents, money, time, gifts, for others.

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