CFS Video & Presentation

We now have a video presentation of our work here in Buea and the CFS project. Enjoy and comment on youtube.com/hintvideos

Become one of 2,734 people to help build a future for HINT Cameroon!

I am truly excited to inform you that we have now opened donations for the Computers For Sustainability (CFS) Project. We are looking for 2,753 who will donate USD 25 each towards the CFS project. I want to appeal that you consider becoming of of these people, willing to help build a future for HINT.

We have already put together a website to manage the project and you can read more about it and how to contribute at http://cfs.hintonline.org. We are very grateful for your generosity and look forward to your participation in the project.

There are a number of ways through which you can help:

(1) Make a donation online, by check, or direct bank-to-bank transfer. Details on the project site above.

(2) Invite others to donate by sharing this project with your friends in your various Social Networks (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Digg, Twitter, etc) and encouraging/inviting them to donate. You may also simply EMAIL the project link to your friends.

(3) Invite me to your church, meeting, organization, school, company, family or group for a presentation. I am in the USA fundraising for this project from June 14, 2009.

(4) You can organize a fundraiser and bring your friends, family, and neighbours together to share this project with them. We will provide you with the presentation material you need. A BBQ for example is a great option.

We will keep all donors updated on the fundraising progress on a regular basis. As at today, $555 has already been raised through 2 donors!! More on the project website.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you and receiving your seed gift.

Best Regards,
Genesis Tinshu
President/Executive Director
HINT

FFF 2008 raises US$ 1,830

FFF 2008 raised US$ 1,830

Our lone annual fundraiser called Food For Funds (FFF) raised US$1,830 during the months of October/November 2008.

We wish to express our heart-felt gratitude to all our donors all of whom are US citizens who still gave despite the hash economic crisis that the USA and the entire worked is going through.

In keeping with our principle of transparency, we are grateful for the following donors:

• Brian and Christe Dodds, Texas
• John & Elizabeth Batton, Texas
• Stuart Nice, California
• Pastor Beverly Freeman, Texas
• More names soon

US$ 1,830 will provide business training, HIV information/training and loans to about 18 deserving and hardworking women who are entrepreneurs. This effort will indirectly improve the lives of about 130 people, given the large average family size in Cameroon.

Donations are still being accepted. If you want to donate by check, online or other means, please follow this link: http://www.www.hintonline.org/category/how-you-can-help. Thank you.

Celebrate World Food Day this Thursday October 16 in a unique way.

Celebrate World Food Day this Thursday October 16 in a unique way.

Share a meal with your family, friends, co-workers or neighbours and remember the over 850 million people who know what it’s like to go to bed hungry every night around the world. Let your FOOD become FUNDS that will FEED a life!

As an organization, we have been actively involved in helping people come out of poverty in practical ways by building life skills and providing micro-loans for business start-up or expansion through funds we raise during our annual fund raiser – Food For Funds.

In 2007, Brian & Christe Dodds in Dallas/Fort Worth, USA decided to help and through their effort about $3000 was raised and this amount impacted the lives of about 30 women and over 210 people indirectly. Testimonies of last year’s recipients are here: http://fff.hintonline.org/07testimonies.htm. Join and help us meet our target of $10,000 this year to assist 80 families.

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one”. Mother Theresa

As you take your breakfast, lunch and dinner this Thursday October 16, please remember in any way you can, the over 5 million children a year who die of hunger.” That means 1 child dies every 5 seconds of hunger! (Source: FAO)

There are a number of ways you can be involved:

1. Securely donate online through PayPal.

2. Write a check to:
Hope Outreach International Ministries (Please put HINT-FFF in the Memo)
10993 N Harrells Ferry Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-8304
Phone: (225) 272-5432
Fax: (225) 272-6805
Email: hopeoutreach@gmail.com

3. Join our facebook group at: http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17147366597 and invite your friends to join.

If you need more information about donations, please speak with Brian Dodds at (001) 800.498.6885 x23 or doddsfamily@sbcglobal.net

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,
Genesis Tinshu
Founder/Executive Director
Helps International (HINT)
Cell Phone: +237 76 27 41 31

First FFF fundraises over 2600 dollars

The first ever Food For Funds (FFF) event raised $2,645.22 (CFA 1,203,337).

The funds will be used to help rural women in and around Buea to start or grow small businesses that are the only means of livelihood for the family.

The funds were raised through 16 generous donors during the first ever Food For Funds (FFF) event that took place in Buea, Cameroon and Arlington, USA on October 14, 2007.

In the next few weeks we will give out loans of about CFA 50,000 (about US$109) each to about 20-25 people (mostly women).

Our offering basket is still open and remains open throughout. Will you consider making a donation to change a family? We very strongly encourage to take action and do something. Together, we can make a difference!

Donate online through PayPal.

Or

Write a check to: Hope Outreach International Ministries (Put HINT in the Memo)

10993 N Harrells Ferry Road – Baton Rouge,

LA 70816-8304

Phone: (225) 272-5432

Fax: (225) 272-6805

October 16 every year is World Food Day. So, FFF will be used to join the rest of world to raise awareness about the importance of food and consequences of lack of it. FFF will also be used to raise funds to help people come out of poverty through micro credit as a sure way to help them get more food on their tables.

Thank you for standing with us and wew look forward to hearing from you soon.

Food For Funds (FFF) 2007

On October 16, 2007, the world will be commemorating World Food Day (WFD). While others will have more than enough to eat, others will be dying of hunger. What an unequal world.

On that day, HINT will launch a program that we call Food For Funds (FFF). We are asking that you bring together 3 or more people or as many as you can bring together for a meal. You will eat together with your group members and then discuss ways to effective end hunger in the world. We will invite you and your group members to share your thoughts on this website. We will also be asking that you and your group members make donations to help with HINT’s poverty alleviation projects.

You can read more about this here: http://www. hintonline.org/youcanhelp/fundraising.php

What is Food for Funds

On October 16, 2008, the world will be commemorating World Food Day (WFD). While others will have more than enough to eat, others will be dying of hunger. What an unequal world. I have had the opportunity to visit countries in Europe and America and I am amazed at how much food is thrown away. On the other hand, I have also had countless number of people who have approached me in my community for help and who sincerely cannot afford the very basic of life – food.

During the week of October 12 – 19, 2008, we are asking that you bring together 2 or more people or as many as you can bring together for a meal. You will eat together with your group members and then discuss ways to effectively end hunger in the world. You will also watch together, PowerPoint presentations (and maybe videos) about how HINT is helping rural people overcome poverty in Cameroon, Sub-saharan Africa.

Finally, you will be invited to make a donation that will be used by HINT to extend micro-credit to rural women in Cameroon, to help them overcome poverty.

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 of Cameroon.

Our target for 2008 is a minimum of $10,000 to help a minimum of 80 rural women. Our vision is to see thousands of women liberated from poverty.

We now invite you to participate in FFF 2008 by becoming a host or joining an up-coming FFF event closest to you.

HINT Now accepts Online Donations

We are glad to announce that Helps International now has a new website built to enable online donations! Thanks to the wonderful skills of Joseph Talbot currently volunteering with HINT from England you can now support us conveniently through PayPal.

We are looking forward to setting up an online store in the near future. We will let you know as soon as this is completed.

We are inviting you to go to the online donation page to celebrate this with us by “Testing” the online donation service. Your donation will be much appreciated.

HINT admitted into Generous Giving Network

Helps International has been admitted into the Generous Giving Network. What does this mean?

Generous Giving is a privately funded Christian ministry that seeks to encourage givers of all income levels—as well as pastors, church lay leaders and others—to experience the joy of giving and embrace a lifestyle of generosity, according to God’s word and Christ’s example. It was launched in 2000 by the Maclellan Foundation to stir a renewed, Spirit-led commitment to generosity among Christians. Generous Giving does not solicit donations.

Through the Generous Giving Marketplace (the world’s largest searchable database of faith-based funding opportunities …) verified and approved Christian churches and nonprofit ministries can post funding opportunities which can be viewed and possibly funded online by thousands of donors worldwide.

We can post as many projects as we want but we must pay US$ 45 per project for it to be visible to donors. This is where we need you to come in. If you will like to pay for one or more projects to be visible, please contact us. Thank you.

Fundraising in UK for HINT

Two of HINT’s UK supporters, Michael and Margaret Astbury who recently visited Cameroon have organized a Coffee evening to raise funds for our Community Library Project here in Buea. About 80% of children in primary schools in Cameroon have 20% of the required text books while only about 20% have about 70% of the required text books. With this condition, learning for the children and teaching for the teachers become difficult. We have been trying to help this situation by buying books for about 50 children for the past 2 years.

Based on a research conducted by Heather Talbot (currently volunteering for HINT) we have decided to set up a library to help provide textbooks to school children in Cameroon. We will buy and stock a large database of the books the children need and give out the books to them at the beginning of each school year. They will use and return to the library for other children to use and the cycle goes on and on.

Each child needs approximately 8-10 textbooks and each costs averagely US$ 7 (GBP 3.6). The project will be formally launched in September 2007 when schools re-open in Cameroon.

About US $ 578.8 (GBP 308) has now been raised so far for this project. However, we need US $ 13,875.53 (GBP 7,191.63) to be able to set up a library with 2000 books to serve about 300 children in the 3 pilot schools we are working with. This is a very exciting and innovative program and we are inviting you to invest in a child’s life today. The fulfillment of this project means that parents can save more money for children’s’ health, nutrition, etc…

You can contact Mike and Margaret through the Quay Church website to join them in supporting childrens’ education in Africa.

OR

donate one or more books today to change a child’s life.

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