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Joseph Talbot Trains his first group of 7 web designers

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Since after arriving from the UK, Joe has spent time researching and writing a web design training manual.

He conducted the first training session from October 30 to December 17, 2006 with 7 students in class. The students received a thorough foundation on HTML and CSS. With the knowledge, the students can then be able to design and maintain websites and this creates employment opportunities.

We need help with volunteers who can help develop curricula for the following advanced training modules (online or on-the-spot here in Buea):

  • Networking
  • Hardware Maintenance
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Photo editing

Access our volunteer application form to let us know if you can help.

It cost only 100,000 FCFA (US$ 200, GBP 101) to equip 10 unemployed youths with web design skills so they can do web design jobs for a living. You can donate online via PayPal to help train 10 youths. Thank you for your help.

Genesis Tinshu selected to represent HINT at GSBI 2006 in USA!

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The Executive Director of Helps International (HINT), Tinshu Genesis was 1 of 17 World-class Social Entrepreneurs selected by Santa Clara University’s Centre for Science, Technology and Society (CSTS) for the 2006 Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) program in partnership with Leavey School of Business, July 29-September 30, 2006 at Santa Clara University, USA. the prize...

Held on the beautiful campus of Santa Clara University, the GSBI provides an intensive two-week residential program at Santa Clara University that enables successful technology innovators to scale their endeavors and achieve sustainability. Presented by the University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society and the Leavey School of Business Administration, the GSBI offers the unique context of a Jesuit university dedicated to social justice combined with leading resources of Silicon Valley. The invited social benefit entrepreneurs have demonstrated their commitment to applying technology to address urgent human needs throughout the world and have achieved recognition through the rigorous selection process of the prestigious Tech Museum’s Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity, the World Bank’s Development Marketplace, the City of Rome’s Global Junior Challenge competitions, or as Schwab Fellows..

See Photos of the 2006 GSBI.

Joseph and Heather Talbot arrive Buea from the UK

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Heather and Joe TalbotJoseph and Heather Talbot a couple from England have finally arrived Buea to work as volunteers for Helps International (HINT). Interestingly, Joe and Hev will be here for quite a while.

While here Heather will help us with our Community Health Projects such as HIV/AIDS awareness and training among Community groups and faith-based organisations; you will also be able to visit other health projects in Buea to have first hand information about the health needs of the area; you will equally be doing a pioneering work on our Community Health Centre.

She is a senior nurse at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England. Read more about Heather.

Joe’s main work will be to develop a brand new website for HINT as well as help develop curriculum for some of our advanced IT training modules such as HTML & CSS, photo editing, PHP,…

Joe is quite creative and able multimedia designer with an eye for design and a good understanding of Web technologies and Web-related usability and accessibility issues. He is experienced in developing standards-compliant and accessible online learning tools, primarily involving XHTML, PHP, MySQL and Actionscript. He has over five years experience of developing digital media projects in a University environment and is familiar with the challenges of delivering collaborative projects on time and on budget. He works at the Oxford University Computing Services at the University of Oxford, England. .

Genesis Tinshu represents HINT at Kabissa Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria

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Tinshu Genesis G. Executive Director of HINT was once again one of 16 West African NGO leaders selected and sponsored to attend Kabissa’s second Training-of-Trainers program dedicated to using the Time to Get Online curriculum to advance the use of ICTs in their own communities.

By the end of the Training-of-Trainers workshop, participants would be able to:

  • Comfortably lead a Time to Get Online workshop for their own communities
  • Apply new facilitation skills to all of their trainings
  • Develop a sustainability plan for conducting future Time to Get Online workshops.

Like all other participants, Tinshu returned with 3o copies of the Time to Get Online Training manuals. He hopes to be able to transfer the rich training to Local NGO leaders in his country.

See Photographs of the workshop.

Read more about the workshop on the Time to Get Online site.

Caroline Fuseau of Computer Aid UK, visits HINT

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Caroline Fuseau, Africa Program Officer for Computer Aid International (CAI) visited HINT on June 17, 2004 so as to have first hand information on the progress of the ComICT Centre Project. During her visit, she was accompanied by Tinshu Genesis Gemuh, President of HINT Cameroon and Project Director to some government and private services including the Teachers’ Resource Centre, Provincial Delegation of Education, among others. Her visits culminated in a meeting with over 30 leaders of NGOs, schools, and community organizations interested in using computers in their work. By the time she left Buea, she was deeply satisfied by the work that had been done on the ComICT Centre project and announced that Computer Aid will be willing to help ship the computers needed for the ComICT Centre Project if HINT Cameroon will only provide shipping and handling charges.

CAI is the world’s leading donor of refurbished computers to the developing world. Their goal is to help bridge the digital divide.

There are photos available of caroline’s visit.

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