Actually, the questions we are asked vary enormously but every website worth its salt has an FAQ page, so we'll use this one to try to make things a bit clearer for you.

You say that TASTE is a Christian charity.  Does that mean it limits its activities to just working with Christians?  Absolutely not.  We work with any community or organisation who needs help.  The Chokobo community was 60% Muslim and 40% Christian at the time we were working there.

But would you work with a community that was 100% non-Christian?  Certainly -  but do bear in mind that all the major religions have development and relief agencies and there is a natural tendency to first approach your own religious grouping.

While you are in a community, would you use the opportunity to share your faith with people?  If they give us an opportunity, of course.  We believe that people of any faith should be ready to share their views when asked.  Certainly that is true of the Muslims and Christians we meet every day in Nigeria.  But talking with someone about your faith is not the same as preaching.  We are not preachers; we leave that to others! 

I already support WaterAid, isn't that the same as supporting TASTE?   Since we began, we have had nothing but support and encouragement from WaterAid staff.  However, their strategy in Nigeria is to fund local government and encourage the people to hold the local government bodies to account for delivery of water services.  Whilst we applaud the long-term vision behind that, there will be too many short-term casualties if nobody takes on the role of the provider, which is what we are doing.  So supporting TASTE will have a much faster effect in our part of Africa, particularly with those smaller communities that every other funder ignores.

How can you guarantee that the money will be used in Nigeria in the proper way?  We hear so much about corruption and scams in Nigeria!  As a UK registered charity, we have to account to the Charity Commision on an annual basis.  This means that if we don't use donations for the purpose they were given, we could go to jail.  That single fact (plus our Christian values) ensures that we monitor very, very closely every penny that we spend.

You seem very well organised, what could I possibly contribute?  Actually, although this question is rarely spoken, it seems to be in the minds of many visitors to this site. In a simple sentence, we cannot survive without supporters like you!  During the first 6 years of our history, without our individual supporters we would have gone out of business.  It is no exaggeration to say that, during that time, every penny and every good idea came from people like you.  Of course you can donate but you can also encourage, suggest projects, come up with fund-raising ideas, create fund-raising events, pray, tell friends at work/church/school/scouts/rotary and let your 'rich friends' know about us!