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Medical Outreach 2008

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In February 2008, Rachelle Lynn Clune and Elizabeth Rhea Embry, both nurses in the United States of America (USA), will visit Helps International (HINT), an NGO located in Buea, South West Province of Cameroon in Sub-Sahara Africa.

During their time here, they will take part in a medical outreach program planned to take place in 2 rural communities: Ekona and Tole.

The outreaches are intended to:

  • Sensitize these communities on the HIV/AIDS pandemic
  • Train HIV Educators in these communities
  • Educate the public (esp. youths) on sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  • Train community members on various aspects of basic hygiene.
  • Offer free consultations and free medication.

Rachelle & Beth need US$ 3,425.97 (excluding their flights to Cameroon and back) to be able to reach these rural villages with this life-saving information, training and resources.

We would like to invite you to participate in this outreach with your donations.

You can donate online through PayPal or write a check to:

Hope Outreach International Ministries (Put HINT in the Memo)
10993 N Harrells Ferry Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-8304
Phone: (225) 272-5432
Fax: (225) 272-6805

OR

Give directly to Rachelle (dallfn123@yahoo.com) and Beth (bembry28@yahoo.com)

You can also download details of the program and budget here.

We need local volunteers to help with ground work. If you have medical knowledge and training and can help, please contact us immediately.

Thank you for being a part of this outreach.

Back Packs 2007, a huge success

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Back Packs 2007 was a huge success.

Last Saturday, September 15, 2007 41 children (mostly orphans) with their families and guardians gathered at OIC Buea for the official award ceremony. The children received Textbooks, uniforms, School bags, School fees.

The Cameroon government was represented during the ceremony by the Divisional Inspector for Basic Education, in Buea, in the person of Madam Lifongo.

We wish to express our gratitude to the following people who donated generously to hep these underprivileged children.

  • Kidlington Baptist Church, England
  • Micheal & Margaret Astbury, England
  • Joseph and Heather Talbot, England
  • Ted & Glenys Talbot, England

The award photos will speak for themselves.

ENJOY!!

Ted and Glenys Talbot Visit Helps International (HINT)

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Ted and Glenys trying out the local transportTed and Glenys Talbot, the parents of Joseph Talbot, currently volunteering with HINT recently made a visit to Cameroon to see their son and daughter in-law (Heather Talbot) and to visit Helps International (HINT) and see for themselves the work they are doing.

They were also able to visit several other parts of Cameroon including Babanki-Tungo in the North West Province, Korup National Park in Mundemba, Kribi, Limbe…

“We are very please with the work Helps international is doing especially in the area of helping to educate children from poor homes. Thank you also for taking good care of Joe and Hev”

See photos of their time in Cameroon.

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.

Genesis Tinshu represents HINT at Africa Source II Jan 8-15 2005 in Uganda

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Tinshu Genesis of HINT Cameron was selected from several hundreds of applicants to attend Tactical Tech’s Africa Source II. Africa Source II was an eight day hands-on workshop aimed at building the technical skills of those working with and within NGOs on the continent. It took place in one of the most beautiful parts of the Kalangala Island on Victoria Lake during the beginning of January 2006. Africa Source II focused on how technology, in particular Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can be integrated into the project work of NGO’s. Over a hundred thirty NGO Support Professionals and NGO Staff working at the local level across the region were present at this meeting. Together with a handful of field leaders from Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, they explored how technology can best serve the non-profit sector in Africa both in terms of access and content.

With the knowledge acquired, Tinshu and his team will be exploring ways and possibilities of switching over to the Open Source applications. With HINT’s low spec machines, it will be easier for example to set up ‘thin client’ with free & open source software as opposed to using very expensive proprietary options.

There are photos available of the workshop.

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