The congregation at Deer Park Baptist Church, Tenby, is helping to flush away poverty by twinning their toilets with latrines in Cambodia, Southeast Asia, in time for World Toilet Day.

Everyone's heard of twinning a town, but the charity partnership Toilet Twinning makes things a little more personal. Toilet Twinning is a unique way to support the 40 per cent of the world's population who are living without a loo.

The issue of inadequate sanitation really struck a chord with the congregation.

As one member commented: "I couldn't envisage not having a toilet."

On learning more about the scale and impacts of the sanitation crisis, the church donated £420 from the collection at one of their harvest services - enough to twin seven toilets!

For each 'twin', the church has received a Toilet Twinning certificate, complete with a photograph of their twin latrine and its GPS co-ordinates to look up its location online.

Inadequate sanitation affects women, children, the elderly and sick people most. Diarrhoeal diseases can spread easily, keeping children out of school and parents home from work.

The good news is that investment in sanitation is not money down the drain. For every £1 invested in water and sanitation at least £8 is returned through reduced healthcare costs and increased productivity.

Andrew McCracken, Toilet Twinning spokesperson, said: "We are delighted with this support from Deer Park Baptist Church. Thanks to their generosity, founder charities Cord and Tearfund will be able to help even more people have access to a decent loo."

To find out more or to twin your own loo, visit http://www.toilettwinning.org">www.toilettwinning.org.