Five ways to help
Not everyone can give money, and money is not always what is most useful. Here is every route in, what each one actually involves, and who it suits.
How you can help
Every one of these ends in the same place: a family who needed something getting it.
They differ only in what they ask of you. Read whichever fits your circumstances and ignore the rest — nobody should feel they have picked the wrong one.
Give money
The most direct route. A gift buys the thing a family needs this week — a food parcel, a consultation, a fitted wheelchair — and eighty-seven naira in every hundred reaches a programme.
Best if you
- want your help to arrive quickly
- would rather we decided where the need is sharpest
- can give a small amount every month rather than a large one once
Give time
Money is not the only currency. Community kitchens, distribution days, clinics, wheelchair fittings and remote skilled work all run on volunteers, and most of our programmes would stop without them.
Best if you
- live near a community we work in, or can work remotely
- have a professional skill — clinical, logistics, design, translation
- can commit to something regular rather than one-off
Partner with us
Organisations can do things individuals cannot: fund a whole programme for a year, match what your staff give, supply goods at cost, or lend expertise we would otherwise have to buy.
Best if you
- represent a company, foundation, school or faith community
- want your support tied to a named programme and reported on
- can offer goods, services or expertise as readily as cash
Tell us what you have
A conversation first — budget, goods, skills, or a matching scheme. We will say plainly whether we can use it.
We scope it together
We map what you offer onto a specific programme and agree what success looks like and how it is measured.
You get the reporting
Named-programme reporting twice a year, plus the audited figures everyone else sees.
Fundraise for us
Birthdays, marathons, weddings, workplace challenges, a church collection. You bring the people; we bring the materials, the figures and someone to answer questions.
Best if you
- have an occasion coming up and would rather it counted for something
- can rally a group — colleagues, congregation, classmates, a running club
- want to raise for one specific thing, like a wheelchair or a school's meals
Pick what you are raising for
A whole programme, or one concrete item. Concrete targets raise more, because people can picture them.
We send you the kit
Printable materials, real cost figures you can quote, and photographs you are licensed to use.
We tell you what it bought
When the money lands we come back and tell you exactly what it paid for.
Leave a legacy
A gift in your will costs you nothing now and can be the largest thing you ever give. Legacies fund the long, unglamorous work — maintenance, training, staying somewhere for a decade — that short-term appeals rarely cover.
Best if you
- are writing or updating a will
- want to support work that continues beyond you
- would like your gift used where the need is greatest at the time
Talk to us first, gently
No pressure and no obligation. We will explain what a legacy can fund and answer anything you want to ask.
Speak to your own solicitor
We will give you the exact wording and registration details they need. We never draft your will.
Tell us, or do not
Letting us know helps us plan. Choosing not to changes nothing about how the gift is honoured.
Still not sure which one?
Tell us your situation and we will say honestly which route makes most sense — including if the answer is none of them right now.