Questions People Ask Us

Children, young people, adults and families who need help with school costs, a medical bill or medicines, or starting a small business. The application form is open to people in every state and the FCT. We are based in Lagos.

No. Applying is free, and we never ask for money to help you. If anyone asks you to pay a fee in our name, do not pay. Call us instead.

Fill in the application form on this website, call us, or ask someone who knows us to refer you. You will get a reference number to quote whenever you contact us.

We reply to every request within a week.

A field officer visits you to understand your situation. The officer recommends what help to give, and someone else approves it. We then pay, usually straight to the school, hospital or supplier, and follow up to check the help arrived.

None to apply. On the home visit, the officer may ask to photograph a document that shows the need, such as a school invoice or a hospital bill, and only with your agreement. We do not ask for your BVN, your NIN or copies of identity cards.

We usually pay the school, hospital or supplier directly. Where there is no supplier to pay, such as a small-business grant, we pay into the person's own bank account, in their own name or their guardian's. Every payment is a bank transfer.

We do not take payments on this website yet. Write to us or call, and we will send our bank details. You get a receipt, and we report back on what your gift paid for.

Yes. You can give to one program, such as education, or to one outreach day. A gift given for something only ever pays for that.

Yes. Tell us what you have in mind, whether it is sponsoring school fees, funding an outreach day or something else, and we will work it out with you.

Yes. Send us a message saying what you would like to do and when you are free, and we will get back to you.

Yes. Caring Lives Humanitarian Foundation is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria, RC No: 9440744.

In Lagos, Nigeria. You can reach us by phone or email, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm WAT.

Only to consider your request, deliver the help agreed and check that it arrived. We never sell it or share it for marketing, and we never use a child’s name or face publicly.