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Sample Volunteer Opportunities

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Here is a list of sample volunteer opportunities. This is not a complete list. As a community Development NGO, we work in a variety of domains and can help design a program that meets your skills and training so that you make the most of your time while workingt with us. Simply let us know what you are intested in:

  • 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.

Good News: Genesis Tinshu has been selected by the US Gov’t for the International Visitor Leadership Program

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usOn Monday March 8, 2010, Mr. Genesis G. Tinshu was contacted by the US Embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon and informed that he had been selected for the very prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

The IVLP is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program.  Launched in 1940, the IVLP is a professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders.  These visits reflect the International Visitors’ professional interests and support the foreign policy goals of the United States. More at http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp/ivlp.html

Notable International Visitor Leadership Program alumni include people like:

  • Gorden Brown, Prime Minister of Britain
  • Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
  • Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
  • Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
  • Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
  • Laurent Gbagbo, President of Cote d’Ivoir
  • Pratibha Patil, President of India
  • Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa, President of Mexico
  • Tabare Vazquez, President of Uruguay,
  • Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan
  • Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister, Sweden
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Laurent Gbagbo, President of Cote d’Ivoir
Pratibha Patil, President of India
Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa, President of Mexico
Tabare Vazquez, President of Uruguay,
Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan
Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister, SwedenGordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingd

…just to mention a few of some of the notable alumni. You can see a list of these and other Chiefs of State and Current Heads of Government who are International Visitor Leadership Program Alumni on this page: http://exchanges.state.gov/ivlp/alumni.html

Mr. Genesis was selected in recognition of his outstanding leadership and impact that Helps International (HINT), an NGO that he founded in 2003 has made in the South West Region of the country and nationally too.

If you would like to contact Mr. Genesis Tinshu to congratulate him on his selection, his email address is genesis@hintonline.org

Computers have arrived

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We are happy to announce that the 40′ container of computers and accessories that left the UK on December 14 finally arrived Bonduma, Buea on Saturday January 30, 2010, ie just after 6.5 weeks.

It was extreme

Not many containers get around this area (not to talk of a 40′ for that matter) so it was quite a scene with so many neighbours and passersby who stood all around to watch and one could read amazement on their faces.

Since we could not afford to hire a lift to lift the container with the goods and place on the ground, we had to hire more than 33 young men who first of all emptied the container to the ground and after that had a small lift pull the empty container to the ground after a hard struggle. Once the empty container was down and properly placed, our more than 33 young men again had to pick up all the goods from the ground back into the container.

It was a long and tedious exercise but we made it finally

Apply for computers

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As an educational institution, do you have an IT project that needs computers?

Our School PCs Project has come to meet that need. Simply let us know what your project is and what your needs are and we will proceed from there.

Even if the need it Web Design or Web Hosting or Network Set-up, we are now set up to help you.

Simply contact us.

NB: We cannot at this time, supply computers to organisations out of Cameroon. Thanks for your understanding.

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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