A group of passionate, empathetic students elected to fund a well in Uganda to aid in the provision of sanitised water in this developing area via a clever and aptly named charity 'Water Carry' in Pembrokeshire.

Originated by Sir Thomas Picton school teachers and pupils some years back, the event has escalated this year, with the whole of Year 11 embarking on a mile's walk, collectively carrying 2,000 litres of water. The objective was to highlight the burden of whole villages in Africa, the inhabitants of which are forced to walk for miles on a daily basis to source clean drinking water. The development of wells for more of the peripheral areas in developing areas will literally change the lives of countless people living in extreme poverty.

All the participants completed the event, which raised a total of £1,130, topped off with funds from the school Prom, the combined sum of which will entirely fund another much-needed well.

Sir Thomas Picton student, Kelly Mayhew, previously travelled to the Masindi area of Uganda and worked on the development of a well there. She plans to travel back in 2015 to see the fruits of this latest labour in operation, whilst working with local residents on other life-lifting initiatives.

Her co-organisers, Robyn Bergson and Kim Tiglao, also plan on continuing fundraising for this worthwhile cause. Indeed, in conjunction with Princes Gate Spring Water (sponsors of the event and partner with Drop 4 Drop), the team plan to ramp out the Water Carry campaign throughout Pembrokeshire, and eventually the rest of Wales.

Of the success, Bethan Jones-Hughes, a teacher in STP School and event co-ordinator, commented: "I am immensely proud of the girls - as I am of the entire Year 11. This initiative was creative and bold and one which can easily be replicated in every secondary school in Wales. It is all too easy to recognise and empathise with the shortage of clean drinking water in Africa and other parts of the world, but to experience the implications of this through the Water Carry is to truly appreciate the gravity of it all."