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NOW ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS!

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VolunteerWorldWho wants to join us in Cameroon?

If you’re looking for a rewarding experience, a new adventure, an eye-opening summer, or an educational year, look no further than Helps International. We are currently (and always) accepting volunteers to manage a myriad of projects in health, education, IT, and microfinance. Our programs support the local community of Buea and its environs.

Buea, Cameroon is located in the Southwest Province, one of two Anglophone provinces in Cameroon. Francophone Douala is a mere hour by car, as is the seaside town of Limbe. Discover African culture, fall sleep beneath stunning sunsets, hike an active volcano, explore the metropolis of Douala, and enjoy the vibrant life of Cameroon! Most importantly, spend your summer (or two week vacation… or year….) working to build a better world.

HINT has recently partnered with VolunteerWorld, a German organization that sources volunteers from around the world to work with enterprises like ours who need the extra help. Check out their user-friendly new website: VolunteerWorld.

For more information on our volunteer positions, click below:

Microfinance Fund Manager
Health Outreach Program Coordinator
Summer Sports Camp Coordinator
IT Training and Support

Keep in mind that HINT always welcomes volunteers with new ideas. If you have an idea for a program that you would like to run other than those listed above, please contact us. We can also find placements with local organizations for volunteers who wish to work with orphanages, teach English, and more.

As always, if you would like to contact us, donate, or get involved, you can find us on: Twitter, Facebook, by email, or by contacting us online.

We wish you continued success in your social enterprises and endeavors in 2015! Together, we can improve our local (and global) communities.

HINT would like to announce a new partnership…

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Remember that time we promised that more changes were coming your way? Well, yet another of those changes has arrived! HINT is proud to announce that it has now entered into a partnership with the Frontier Market Scouts fellowship program!

The Frontier Market Scouts (FMS) fellowship offers professional training in social enterprise and impact investing to those seeking a career shift. Twice each year, FMS offers two week training programs in Monterey, CA, USA and in Amsterdam, NL with courses taught by leading professionals in the social impact space. Following successful completion of their training, fellows receive a certificate from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) at Monterey. Recognized as a leader in international studies, MIIS’s academic programs are world-renowned for their academic rigor and professional impact. After certification, fellows spend 2 – 12 months working with a FMS partner organization in the social impact space.

HINT will be one of FMS’s social impact partners, bringing fellows to Cameroon to work in the social impact space. FMS fellows will join HINT’s microfinance program, called Kingdom Community Fund (KCF), as fund managers. This opportunity will provide valuable professional experience for FMS fellows in managing a microfinance fund and working in developing markets with small-business entrepreneurs. Alternatively, FMS fellows will be able to provide business training to KCF’s entrepreneurs and consistent management of the Kingdom Community Fund.

We look forward to sharing more with you about our HINT – FMS partnership in the coming months! Feel free to click on the link to FMS above to explore the FMS program. Perhaps HINT will see one of you in Cameroon as an FMS fellow in the future!

As always, if you would like to contact us, donate, or get involved, you can find us on: Twitter, Facebook, by email, or by contacting us online.

We wish you continued success in your social enterprises and endeavors in 2015! Together, we can improve our local (and global) communities.

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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    About 50 underprivileged Children Receive Free IT Training at HINT

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    HINT First Ever Football Tournament

    About 50 underprivileged Children Receive Free IT Training at HINT.

    As part of our goal to bridge the digital divide and keep holiday children away from doing crazy things, we offered FREE Computer training at our Centre during the Summer Holiday of 2010.

    In the end, more than 50 children were privileged to take the training.

    Thank you to all the volunteers who also made this possible. Some pictures here.

    More than 120 kids participate in HINT’s first ever Football Tournament

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    HINT's First Ever Football Tournament

    More than 120 kids participate in HINT’s first ever Football Tournament.

    The one-day event took place at the Molyko Omnisport Stadium and we are thankful the Mayor of the city for making that possible.

    8 teams competed for the trophy and at the end Muea FC coached by William Tabi made it to the top.

    Andro Mandakovic, a volunteer from Chile was shocked by the fact that while the bigger boys played soccer nearly everywhere during the holidays, the younger boys (aged 12-14) were busy either selling or walking long distances to carry water. He decided he would do something to give these younger boys a chance. Th result was HINT first ever football tournament that saw the participation of over 120 kids organized in 8 teams of about 15 each.

    Thank you Andro for your creativity and hard work in making the tournament a reality.

    Pictures speak louder than words. Go here to see them.

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    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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