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Seminar: How to use Information Technology (IT) to improve your ministry

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Helps international (HINT) in collaboration with other Churches and Ministries is offering a seminar to show pastors and other gospel minister how to use the new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to improve their ministries. If you are involved in ministry, but you reside out of Buea but are interested in the free website offer, contact us to let us know. We may still be able to provide you a website.

The seminar will be organized over three weekends in February: 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26. The time will be 4-7pm and the venue will be HINT’s IT Centre at Bonduma, Buea.

Highlights of the seminar will be Computers & The Internet, Social Media for Ministry, Online Communication, Using Search Engines, E-Sword and other Bible Software, Online Opportunities for Networking, among others.

Registration is CFA 2,000 and all participants will qualify for the following offers:

  • Heavily discounted computers
    • P3/CRT (17”) Monitor for CFA 28,000
    • P3/LCD (15”) Monitor for CFA 50,000
    • P4/CRT (17”) Monitor for CFA 40,000
    • P4/LCD (15”) Monitor for CFA 55,000
  • FREE Website for ONE Year (www.yourname.org). This includes Domain Name Registration, Hosting and Web Design. You pay only CFA 25,000 per year after that.

If you are involved in ministry and you are interested in the seminar, fill out the form below and submit before Tuesday February 8. Because of limited resources and space, only the first 36 registrants who pay their registration fee will be considered.

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    February 10-12February 17-19February 24-26

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    Grants for Schools

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    Helps International (HINT) – www.hintonline.org together with its local and international partners is offering a limited number of competitive grants to support set up of computer labs in Schools in and around Buea, South West Region, Cameroon.

    HINT will cover up to 60% of the total set-up cost (including computers, electrical needs and networking) provided the school or institution is able/willing to provide the remaining 40%. The school or educational centre must also be able to provide a secured room, tables and chairs for the lab.

    If you or someone you know are interested then send an email to info@hintonline.org or use our online contact form to express your interest and receive an application form.

    This is for a limited time only, so take action today!

    Genesis Tinshu
    President
    Helps International (HINT), Cameroon

    Buea, Cameroon
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    “In order to be fast, go slowly”

    Fundraising Tips

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    Below are a few ideas to help you raise money for your Volunteer Program.

    • • Craft a personal letter that explains what you are doing and why you have chosen to volunteer in a village with Village Volunteers. After you have applied, been accepted, and provided a $100 USD deposit, you will gain access to a fundraising templates that contain our US 501(c)(3) tax ID number and our logo. Donors can deduct their contributions.
    • • Make a presentation in your community; clubs, place of worship, schools, family/friends, and workplace.
    • • Make sure the letter is limited in length to one page and it describes the village or program you are visiting and what you hope to do while you are there.
    • • Explain how this journey will positively affect your life and the people you are helping.
    • • Provide stamped return envelopes with each letter. Remember, you want to make the donation process as easy as possible for your sponsor. All they should have to do is write the check.
    • • Contact your local publications with a press release. If you provide your contact information and a special interest factor, you might have a feature article written that would bring in more donations!
    • • Create a brochure for yourself.
    • • Create a website or e-mail distribution list and send out frequent e-mails about your fundraising experiences, dollars raised, and details of your journey while you are gone and after you return.
    • • Hold an event, silent auction or even a series of bake sales. Make sure that people know what the money from the bake sale will accomplish. Be sure you put out a donation jar. We can send you photos to print.
    • • Contact your school’s Financial Aid or Study Abroad Department. There might be funds available for you to tap into.
    • • Apply for a scholarship, grant or fellowship. Below are a few suggested sites.
    • • Scholarships, Grants and Fellowships
    • • Glimpse Correspondents Program for young writers and photographers who will be abroad for at least 10 weeks: http://glimpse.org/correspondents
    • • The Levinson Foundation: www.levinsonfoundation.org/
    • • American Association of University Women:www.aauw.org/education/fga/
    • • The J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund: www.jwsaxefund.org/
    • • Scholarship, Grant, and Fellowship Banks
    • • The Foundation Center: http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/
    • • Stanford University Library: www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/grants.html
    • • Get Recognized:www.actionforchange.org/getrecognized/scholarships.html
    • • Advice
    • • Fund-Raising.com: www.fund-raising.com/
    • • Create a Donation Form. This form will list all of your contact information and several donor amounts your sponsor can choose from. Start off with an initial modest amount ($25) but also request large donation amounts ($100+) and any amounts in between.

    Sabrina Repa, UK

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    Sabrina Repa, USAWelcome Sabrina.

    We are pleased to finally see you here. Thanks for coming and giving of yourself tot help make a difference in people’s lives in our community. We hope you enjoy every single day of your volunteering experience.

    Sabrina has come in from the UK and will join local nurses in conducting a number of medical outreaches and training Community Health  Educators who will go and help educate their “worlds”. We believe each one has a ‘world’ they can influence and it consists of the people you can reach and influence.

    The program begins on June 10 with a 3-day Seminar to Train Health Educators on HIV. The Health Educators will be equipped with information to enable them educate their communities, families and the social groups to which they belong.

    Following will be a 2-week outreach to freely screen the population of diabetes and hypertension. Services will be free, admission will be free and there will be free distribution of essential medicine. The first week is planned to take place at Bonduma village in Buea and the second week will take place in a Banana plantation camp in Muyuka.

    Our budget for the entire program is CFA 1,462,250 (US$ 2,788.642). We need your help.

    Here are some of our needs:

    • MONEY. Yes, we do need financial support please.
    • 10 Diabetes Testing Machines (Accu-Cheek (Aviva), Onetouch Ultra, BREEZE)
    • 800 test Strips
    • 4 Packets of Gloves.
    • 5 Packets of cottons
    • Needles for collection of blood for diabetes test.
    • Health Information leaflets (2000 copies)
    • Transport and food money for facilitators and volunteers.
    • For Hypertension, we need BP Machines (GIMA OR VISOCOR)
    • Training Manuals.
    • Projector and Computer.
    • Food and Transport for Participants.
    • Snacks for Presenters.
    • 3 boxes of Paracetamol 500mg
    • 3 boxes of Mebendazole
    • 2 boxes of Metronidazole 250mg
    • 3 boxes of Contrimoxazole 480mg
    • 3 boxes of Ibuprofin tablet 400mg
    • 2 cups of Vit B –Complex
    • 2 boxes Coartem tablet

    If you can support financially or provide some of these material, please contact us. Thank you to all of you that have already supported Sabrina/us in this project. GBP 620 have been donated already.

    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.

    About HINT

    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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