Joanna Tilson arrived Buea last Sunday July 8, 2007 to work as a volunteer with Helps International (HINT).
Joanna is a librarian and will be working on the Community Library Project (CEL) initiated by HINT. CEL will provide thousands of school textbooks to hundreds (and eventually thousands) of orphans and needy children in and out of Buea.
She will also help with organization of Back Packs 2007 on September 8, 2007. Back Packs is an annual event during which HINT offers scholarships, books, and uniforms to orphans and needy children.
We will equally discuss setting up Helps International (HINT) as a 501(c)3 organization in the United States of America.
Joanna, you are welcome to the beautiful town of Buea, Cameroon and we hope you will enjoy your over two months stay here.
Genesis Tinshu, Executive Director of HINT and Pastor of Buea Community Church spent the month of June at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) in Dallas, TX, USA attending the Global Proclamation Academy (GPA) organized annually by Ramesh Richard Evangelism and Church Health (RREACH).
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.