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Anne Diamond|12:56 UK time, Friday, 14 January 2011

A toilet

....twin your loo, and flush away poverty! The Bishop of Oxford recommended it to me today - and I reckon I will. We all should.



It's called toilet twinning. Your smallest room gets twinned with a newly-built latrine in Burundi (you have to pay £60 for the privilege but you get a framed photo of the African loo to hang in yours - to become a talking point for your guests and relations!)

Every minute, three children under the age of five die in the third world because of poor sanitation or dirty water. Perhaps a good time to cogitate that fact is when you're sitting on your own personal throne, staring at a framed picture of a Burundi convenience. If you're interested, this is where you can find out more!



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