Housing construction projects across the UK have helped raise funds for a community in Togo.

Compassion UK has delivered access to clean water and toilets for almost 250 children living in Kpele, in the Haho region of Togo, thanks to a partnership with the Edenstone Foundation.

The Edenstone Foundation makes grants to local community projects and causes across South Wales and the South West of England. A share of the proceeds from every home sold by Edenstone Homes is gifted to the Edenstone Foundation.

Compassion is the only overseas project supported by the Edenstone Foundation.

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As part of a two-year partnership, the foundation has contributed to a new toilet block being installed at a child development centre and borehole drilled to provide clean water.

The construction process involved geophysical studies, followed by drilling and construction of the borehole's scaffolding. Following this, handwashing facilities were installed, after which water analysis took place. A water tank was then installed to collect and store water. Finally, a solar-powered pumping system was installed, for pumping water from where the borehole stores it to where people can drink it.

Clare Hartley, from Compassion, said: "Previously only 3% of Compassion-supported children in 21 communities in the Haho region of Togo had access to safe drinking water. This, along with a lack of access to clean sanitation facilities meant that at any one time 60% of children in these communities would be suffering from water-related diseases.

"Thanks to the support of partners such as the Edenstone Foundation we've been able to transform communities and change people's standard of living."

(CM/JG)