"Are we all in agreement that we would like to twin our newly refurbished toilets with a latrine in a poor community?"
I nearly choked on my herbal tea when The Minister brought up the idea of toilet twinning! I've heard of town twinning but toilet twinning?! How on earth would that work? Is toilet twinning even a thing?
Apparently it is. And what an utterly splendid idea! The idea is that for a mere £60 you can twin your loo with and raise money for poor communities all over the world. According to the charity Toilet Twinning 40% of the world's population do not have anywhere safe, clean and hygienic to go to the toilet. That's 2.5 BILLION people who are at risk of disease or being attacked while searching for a private place to do their business. So a hole in the ground could really be a life saver for vulnerable people in poor communities.
I am delighted that City Church has decided to twin the three newly refurbished toilets with toilets in Gatonda, Burundi; Amboula, Barisal, Baghda, Bangladesh and Sabola, Ezha, Ethiopia! What better way to celebrate our wonderful new latrines by helping those in need of better facilities oversees. Once all the details are finalised we will receive a certificate, a picture and the GPS location of our sponsored toilet so we can look it up on Google maps! I am really thrilled about this - it's such a brilliant and fun way to raise money.
As soon as I have the GPS and picture I shall share our loo!
Toilet Twinning - just another example of how wonderful City Church is.
Have you twinned your toilets? Do let us know - we could be latrine neighbours!
Until next time.
With best wishes
Matt the Elder
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