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HINT is now a certified ICIP partner with INVENEO, USA

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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

Using mails at hintonline.org

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We are pleased to offer you a professional email address at hintonline.org with as much as 6GB of storage space (you may not use this up in the next 20 years).

This is a partnership between HINT and google.com. You can forward mails from your other accounts into this one so that you check only one email address. If you need further help, send email to tinshu @hintonline.org

How to check your emails @hintonline.org.

1. Type the following address in the address bar of your web browser: http://mail.google.com/a/hintonline.org and press enter.
2. Enter your username and password
3. Enter the confirmation code (if it is your first time to sign in)
4. You are now into your email box
5. Read and reply mails as usual.

How to re-direct mails from your yahoo.co.uk account (or other mail services) to your account at hintonline.org:
(Note: I just discovered that unfortunately, you cannot forward mails from a yahoo.com email account, unless you are willing to pay Yahoo $20 annually)

1. Sign in to your yahoo.co.uk account (or other mail service)
2. Click “options” or “mail options”
3. Click “POP Access and Forwarding”
4. In the forwarding section, enter your hintonline.org email address.
5. Click save
6. Henceforth, all mails sent to your yahoo.co.uk account will be forwarded to your hintonline.org account. What a smooth transition!!
7. Bravo and enjoy your almost unlimited 6GB storage space at hintonline.org.

Have any problems, email tinshu @hintonline.org for help.

HINT’s IT Technician present during deployment of Invineo systems at Bafia

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HINT’s relentless efforts in providing ICT to the underprivileged and local community at no cost has been a challenge. We are concerned about serving you better. The installation in Bafia wasn’t any problem at all except that it had a lot of work since only three technicians were involved. HINT’s representative enjoyed a good climatic condition,while in Bafia.

We are very pleased to have Inveneo as our ICT partner. HINT wishes to sett up a project to supply Buea with cheap Internet services, from a single or more Access Point(s). We believe with a single Access point (Nano station 2) which is very cheap and efficient it can cover the whole of Buea looking at the sloppy nature of the Town.

This can only be done with your support. If you make this happen please contact us.

Marie-Toni Tinshu born on March 3, 2008

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With praise to God and gratitude in our our hearts, we are pleased to let you know that Marie-Toni Tinshu was born on March 3, 2008 at 7:38pm South Africa Time (6:38pm Cameroon time):

Weight = 2.6kg

Height = 49cm

Head = 31cm

Despite the limited access we hav to internet and the nature of our studies, we are still determined to keep you informed.

Marie-Toni is a miracle baby because she was coming to the outside world without labour pains and so the doctors had to do a C-Section on Marceline for her to be out!! They were discharged from the Pretoria Academic (University) Hospital on March 5 and they are home enjoying the Lord and doing very well. Marceline is recovering very fast from the surgery.

Marie Catto is the wife of Dr. Graham and she has been so gracious to us since we arrived here. When Marceline felt uneasy and I called Paul, he came with his wife Toni (nurse) who was so help and knew exactly what to do with the prolapsing cord that saved the baby’s life. That is why the baby’s first name is Marie-Toni, just in case you were wondering why that name.

Her middle name will be Wonderwerk meaning Miracle in Afrikaans. While I was at home wondering what her middle name should be, I felt God say Miracle. The following day when I went to the hospital, Marceline said, why can’t the child’s name be Miracle in Afrikaans. That was a perfect confirmation. So, the full name will be Marie-Toni Wonderwerk Tinshu. Isn’t that lovely!!

Wouldn’t you join us in praising the Lord for this wonderful Miracle!

I trust the Lord to be able to share other ministry prayer needs with you in the days ahead, God-willing.

Photos of our time in South Africa are here: http://picasaweb.google.com/bueachurch if you have some time to see.

Naomi, Marceline & Genesis TINSHU

Cell Phone: +27 785 058 036 (South Africa)

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