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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.

About 50 underprivileged Children Receive Free IT Training at HINT

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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.

School Teachers Receive Free IT Training from HINT

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School Teachers Receive Free Training from HINT.

Facilitated by Brandon Turner, a volunteer from the USA, over a dozen teachers received free training on how to teach computer education to children in their schools. The training is part of the School PCs Projected that provides computer labs and training in schools.

We hope that with the training, the teachers will become better trainers and the children better learners.

Robert Arlt Jr, USA

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Robert Arlt Jr., USARobert arrived Buea on June 16, 2010 (together with Brandon Turner) to be involved with our School PCs Project that is installing computer labs in schools and other educational establishments and providing IT training to teachers and students.

Robert had this to say about himself:

I’m a Physics major pre-med Woman and Gender Studies minor at MIT. I run a server here and I’m employed as a resident computer consultant. I’ve also done computer work for businesses in the Bethlehem, PA and Reno, NV area.

I am also one of the founders of Blackstone Operations, along with Brandon and will be accompanying him in Cameroon.

I have lived in North Carolina, Ohio, Pennslyvania, and Nevada. My family is from Chicago and my brother lives in New York.

Together with Brandon, they raised $9,900. The funds will be used to pay for their trip, their stay in Buea and up to $3,000 will go towards supporting the School PCs Project.

Great Job Robert. We look forward to working with you and getting to know you more. Welcome!

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