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Harold Ewert supports our micro-credit program

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Harold Ewert, a Canadian citizen has sponsored a business start-up for an enterprising young woman in Buea to the sum of CAD 4,200.

The Recipient, Chomoh Camilla will engage in wholesale of food stuff back in her village.

Harold believes that HINT is a credible organisation capable  of putting his money to good use and so has made the investment through HINT. On our part, we are working with Camilla to make sure that not only her but several other women come out of poverty by providing adequate training, coaching and supervision of her business.

If you believe in us like Harold and many others do, visit the how you  can help page to take action today!

Two UK engineers coming to HINT soon

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Two UK engineering students, Brendan Sherry, an Environmental Technology Masters Degree Student at Imperial University in London, concentrating on Water Management and William Douglas, a Masters Student at Cranfield University with significant professional and overseas experience will both be visiting HINT this summer to carry out research and feasibility studies on the project Enabling Clean and Safe Water Supply.

Enabling Clean and Safe Water Supply is a join project between Helps International (HINT) and Engineers Without Border in the UK.

More on this as it happens.

Two international travellers to visit HINT in August 2009

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The young travelers (SEBASTIAN LINDSTROM & EVAN FOWLER) will cross Africa as the locals do, in search of people who are making a difference to young people in need.

The journey will mark the start of the What Took You So Long Foundation, a movement of and for young people who want to make a difference. This journey is the Foundation’s first fundraiser.

The 14,200km journey, from Marrakech to Cape Town will be done by public transportation via: Buses, bush taxis, tro-tros, trains and a short ride in a small plane.

About The Travelers:

SEBASTIAN LINDSTROM
Formerly attached to Swedish special forces, Sebastian is an experienced traveler and co-founder of a grassroots NGO in Ghana providing support to children in need. He is currently pursuing studies at Hong Kong University.

EVAN FOWLER
Born and raised in Asia and the UK, Evan is an experienced traveler and documentary film maker. He currently resides in Hong Kong where he founded Mirror Productions, a multimedia company specialising in raising social and environmental awareness.

We at HINT look forward tot receiving Sebastian & Evan

More as it develops

Genesis Tinshu off to beautiful Hawaii, USA,

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Genesis Tinshu leaves for the very beautiful and famous Hawaii Island on May 23, 2009 to attend Haggai Institute’s Advanced Leadership Seminar.

Genesis plans to visit around the US after the seminar before returning to Cameroon sometime in July 2009. During his visits, he will be seeking support for the Computers For Sustainability (CFS) Project. CFS is a Social Enterprise designed to bring HINT to full financial sustainability.

If you would like to know more or have Genesis come and share at your Church, organization, company or even home, please contact him at genesis @ hintonline.org.

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.

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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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