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Brandon Turner, USA

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Brandon TurnerBrandon Turner arrived Buea on June 16, 2010 (together with Robert Arlt Jr.) to be involved with our School PCs Project that is installing computer labs in schools and other educational establishments and providing IT training to teachers and students.

Here’s who Brandon is:

My name is Brandon Turner and I am a Biophysics student at Wake Forest University. I live in California (when not in school) and am particularly interested in teaching and research. I’m going to be in Cameroon from mid June to Mid August. I got involved with this as a member/leader of a group called Blackstone Operations that specializes in connecting kids with different opportunities and encouraging interaction and exposure to new things.

Random fact about me: I love baking and enter a few baking competitions from time to time (never won anything though but it’s all for the fun).

Together with Robert, they raised $9,900. The funds will be used to pay for their trip, their stay in Buea and up to $3,000 will go towards supporting the School PCs Project.

Welcome Brandon and we look forward to working with you and learning from you.

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

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.

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

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[srandom=any,288,1,1,n,left,both]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

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