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Joseph Talbot, England

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Joseph Talbot, UK

Joe worked with HINT for one full year from July 2006 to June 2007. While here, he re-built our website, giving it a real professional touch and enabling online donations. He also wrote a manual: An Introduction to Web Design, and taught more than 20 students the fundamental of web design using HTML and CSS.

If you want to hear more about what it is like volunteering for HINT, then you can contact Joe through his website or email: web@josephbloggs.com for more information about his time with us.

Joe is a Senior Project Officer at the Oxford University Computing Services in Oxford, England.

Tobias Blazer donates IT Accessories to HINT

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Tobias Blazer of Swiss nationality who volunteered for HINT in early 2008 and then returned home, was back to Cameroon in December 2008.

This time, he came to be married to Jane whom he mot and loved while volunteering here! What a changed life!

Tobias, we are thankful for your donation of computer accessories including hard disk drives, voltage regulators, RAMs, etc.

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.

Two volunteers depart, two volunteers arrive

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Joseph and Heather TALBOT returned to England on June 7, after close to 12 months volunteering for HINT. Thank you Joe & Hev for your time and resource investment at HINT. Meanwhile, on May 29 and July …, Helen Savage from England and Joanna Tilson from the USA respectively arrived Buea to volunteer at HINT. Welcome, Helen and Joanna, and we hope you have an exciting time at HINT, in Buea, and in Cameroon.

We have very exciting volunteer opportunities and if you want to volunteer read more here.

Joseph and Heather Talbot have returned to Britain

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After 11 months volunteering at Helps International, Joseph and Heather Talbot return to Britain on June 7th.

During their time with us, Joseph has written and taught classes in Web design and manipulating digital images with Photoshop, as well as building this website.

Heather has produced and run a ‘train the trainers’ HIV education program, from who’s ranks she has established ‘HINT-HED’, an HIV Educators group. Heather has also set up the Wotolo Community Health Advice Centre.

We are grateful to Joe and Hev for the work they have done during their stay, and wish them well on their return to Britain.

We have very exciting volunteer opportunities, if you want to volunteer, read more here.

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