Yorkshire Water worker Kezia Drew has been on a mission to see what impact her colleagues’ fundraising can have in the slums of Bangladesh.

The 24-year-old went to see the work of charity WaterAid and find out what life is like for the millions of people who live in overcrowded urban slums with no access to municipal water supplies.

Her trip began by visiting the community of the Maleker Bosti slum in Dhaka – the country’s capital – where most of its residents have no safe sanitation.

She said: “I saw that a small amount of money makes a huge difference to someone’s life.

“Communities and individuals have had their lives dramatically changed by the simple gift of a water pump and a latrine. I met a lady who had left her poorly-paid job in a garment factory and set up her own tailoring business because she no longer had to queue for water during the night.”

WaterAid’s development manager, Nikki Skipper, said: “This visit to Bangladesh enabled us to show Kezia exactly how the hard work and generosity of Yorkshire Water fundraisers has helped transform the lives of some of the world’s poorest people, bringing safe water, sanitation and improved hygiene to their communities.”

In the last five years Bradford-based Yorkshire Water has raised more than £900,000 for WaterAid through fundraising activities.

A sum of £15 can enable one person to have access safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation.

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