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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.

HINT Re-organises its Board of Directors

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Helps International (HINT) has re-organised its Board of Directors and brought in a lot more vibrant members with a passion for community change and development.

The first Board meeting for 2009 held on Saturday March 28, 2009 with 11 Board members present.

The new Board includes:

  1. Tinshu Genesis Gemuh, Board Chairman, Founder/Executive Director of Helps International (HINT), Cameroon.
  2. Mr. Kum Emmanuel, ICT Adviser, CEO, Goodmann Computers, Molyko, Buea.
  3. Dr. Oben, Education Adviser,Lecturer, University of Buea
  4. Dr. Tchami Alphonse, Health Adviser, Medical doctor at CNPS, Buea
  5. Mr. Kamga Paul, Economic/Business Development Adviser, Businessman
  6. Mrs. Kale Community Development Adviser
  7. Mr. Arah Ttaku, Finance Adviser, Certified ACCA Chattered Accountant, Buea.
  8. Mr. Tanyi Joseph Mbi, Legal Adviser, Barrister at Law, Advocate/Notary.
  9. Dr. Masoh Vincents, Administration Adviser, Director, Police School Mutengene
  10. Mr. Manga Ade Joseph, HINT Vice President
  11. Mr. Simon Njock, HINT Secretary (Board Secretary)
  12. Mr. Akembom Pascal, HINT Treasurer (Board Treasurer)
  13. Mrs. Marceline Tinshu, HINT Financial Secretary (Board Financial Secretary)

Heather Talbot Completes her first HIV Seminar

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[simage=811,288,y,right]HIV/AIDS in Cameroon in 2005

  • Adults aged 15-49 with HIV/AIDS = 470,000
  • New HIV infections, 2006 and Adult HIV prevalence (%) = 5.4
  • Women age 15-49 with HIV/AIDS = 290,000
  • Children with HIV/AIDS = 43,000
  • AIDS orphans (ages 0-17) = 240,000
  • AIDS deaths = 46,000

Source: unaids.org

Part of our mission at HINT is to contribute to the global fight against HIV/AIDS. In this regard, Heather Talbot a volunteer from England ran her first “Training of Trainers Workshop” from Jan 15-18, 2007 with about 17 participants. The trainees represent different groups of people in the society and the idea is to help them run HIV sensitisation seminars and campaigns among their own people. It costs us about US$ 400 to run a seminar for 25 educators and covers food, transportation, manuals, related material… Consider supporting these seminars. Her next seminar comes up from March 5-7 2007.

See photos of her seminar.

School PCs Project – How to Apply

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HINT has launched a new project called School PCs whose main goal is to bridge the digital divide by installing computer labs and Internet in Schools all over Cameroon.

To apply, click here to download and fill out the application form and email back to us (send to info @ hintonline.org)

OR

You may apply online by filling the form below. We will be in touch soonest.

School PCs Application Form

    School/Centre/NGO Name:

    Physical Address:

    School Phone:

    School Email (Pls double check):

    Contact Person:

    Cell Phone:

    Email (Pls double check):

    Do you have a SECURED ROOM with furniture available?

    Do you have electricity in the room?

    Do you have a fixed telephone line at school? What is the number?

    Do you intend to connect the computers to the internet?

    Can you set aside one teacher for us to train who will later serve as a computer teacher in the school?

    Are you willing to pay for such teacher?

    When can we visit you school/centre for a needs assessment?

    How many Dual Core Computers are you applying for?

    How many Pentium 4 Computers are you applying for? {See (1.) below}

    How many 15 inches LCDs (Flat Screens) are you applying for?

    How many 17 inches LCDs (Flat Screens) are you applying for?

    How many 19 inches LCDs (Flat Screens) are you applying for?

    Do you need a switch? {See (6.) below}

    Do you need a Printer? {See (7.) below} If Yes, which type:

    Do you need our help setting up your Local Area Network (LAN)? {See (8.) below}

    Do you need our help for electrical wiring of your computer room? {See (9.) below}

    Are you willing/able to pay for the computers per the costs below?

    How many students are there in your school/centre:

    How many teachers are there in your school/centre:

    Please type in the following code: captcha

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