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Dominion Sisters Credit Group formed

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A second Credit Group has been formed at Great Soppo, Buea, called Dominion Sisters Credit Group (DSCG). The group was formed

A HINT Credit Group is a group of people from the same community who each have a business of their own but have come together so that they can benefit from our micro-credit loans.

HINT uses micro-credits to help very poor people (esp women) come out of poverty by giving them loans of between 50,000 – 100,000 FCFA to start or grow their businesses.

The group made up of 6 women is led by Agbor Doreen with Deborah Adigom as Treasurer.

Our commitment is to help 1000s of rural women come out of poverty through offering micro-loans.

If you share the same heart then you can join us as a partner.

Go here for photos of group members and the training session that took place later.

Together, we can make a difference!

Helen completes last HIV Seminar

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Helen Savage ran her last HIV Educators Seminar this week. She is due to return to England this Friday after volunteering with HINT for over 3 months.

While here Helen donated so much of her business and medical skills to HINT and the Buea community as a whole.

She spent time researching strengths and weaknesses of micro finance Institutions in Buea. Her research has been very useful in further developing HINT’s micro finance project. Her achievements are many among which are:

  • Improvements to Heather’s HIV Training of Trainers’ PowerPoint presentation.
  • She conducted a number of HIV HIV Educators seminars.
  • She wrote a complete business proposal for our micro finance project based on her research in Buea.
  • She wrote an excellent PowerPoint presentation on training micro business operators.
  • She wrote a PowerPoint presentation to sensitize a community on Sexually Transmitted Infections STIs).
  • Then she prepared another PowerPoint presentation to provide basic hygiene training to a rural community.

See some photos of Helen’s work in Cameroon:

The material you’ve written will make a lasting impact in the lives of several thousands of people in the next few years. Thank you so much Helen and we appreciate your invaluable contribution to HINT.

Helen Savage, arrives Buea from England

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Helen arrived on May 29, 2007 just in time to meet up with the send off ceremony in honour of Joseph and Heather Talbot that took place on May 30.

As a trained nurse with business background, Helen will continue with Heather’s work which involves training Community HIV Educators who will become effective HIV?AIDS educators in their communities. She will also be putting together a manual to provide training on small business set up and management. She then hopes to run a number of Small Business Seminars before returning to England. We will also be working on raising funds for our micro finance program.

Helen, welcome to HINT and we hope you will make use of every opportunity to share your knowledge, experience, and skills.

The Next ICT Training Session begins at HINT

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The next Computer & Internet Training session started at HINT’s new IT Centre today Monday July 02, 2007.

We offer 10 modules covering

  1. Computer Basics
  2. Microsoft Windows
  3. Internet (Using Internet Explorer and FireFox)
  4. Emailing (Using Internet Explorer and FireFox)
  5. Microsoft Word
  6. Microsoft Excel
  7. Microsoft Access
  8. Microsoft PowerPoint
  9. Web Design
  10. Adobe PhotoShop

You can still join this week if you want to or come in to take only some modules.

We are currently developing curricula for courses such as Networking, Desktop Publishing

We will like to express our gratitude to Pastor Stuart and Jendy NICE (CA, USA), Paul Fonkwo (CA, USA), John Zachary (CA, USA) for their part in helping to get this new centre running. Thank you and God will richly bless you, your families and your ministries.

What is Food for Funds

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Every October 16,  the world commemorates World Food Day (WFD). While others will have more than enough to eat, others will be dying of hunger. What an unequal world. I have had the opportunity to visit countries in Europe and America and I am amazed at how much food is thrown away. On the other hand, I have also had countless number of people who have approached me in my community for help and who sincerely cannot afford the very basic of life – food.

During the week of October 12 – 19, 2008, we are asking that you bring together 2 or more people or as many as you can bring together for a meal. You will eat together with your group members and then discuss ways to effectively end hunger in the world. You will also watch together, PowerPoint presentations (and maybe videos) about how HINT is helping rural people overcome poverty in Cameroon, Sub-saharan Africa.

Finally, you will be invited to make a donation that will be used by HINT to extend micro-credit to rural women in Cameroon, to help them overcome poverty.

In 2007, we raised close to $3,000 from 15 donors who gathered at Arlington, USA during the first ever Food For Funds event that we orgainsed through the effort of one family – Brian & Christe Dodds. The funds were used to extend credit to 25 rural women organised in 4 credit groups in two rural communities in the the South West of Cameroon.

Our target for 2008 is a minimum of $10,000 to help a minimum of 80 rural women. Our vision is to see thousands of women liberated from poverty.

We now invite you to participate in FFF 2008 by becoming a host or joining an up-coming FFF event closest to you.

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