S2 Social Subjects students at Lochgelly High School have been working extremely hard to learn about the problems affecting developing countries around the world.

To tie in with World Water Day, in March, students learned about Toilet Twinning and the importance of having access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education to prevent the spread of disease.

As a result of the students’ enthusiasm, school funds have been made available to toilet twin with a School Block in the Central African Republic.

Toilet Twinning is a partnership between development agencies Cord and Tearfund, which tries to help some of the 2.5 billion people worldwide who lack decent sanitation.

Students showed great compassion throughout this topic and were eager to help those less fortunate than themselves.

The pupils were very excited when they heard about the school’s involvement in the project.

Young people in 2F1 were responsible for deciding the country to twin with and, after a class vote, the Central African Republic was the clear winner. Students also had to make the difficult decision between twinning with a school toilet block or a toilet block for refugees in a displacement camp. The School Block option was chosen after students agreed that they should be doing whatever they could to help other young people globally.

Teachers, within the Social Subjects Faculty, were full of admiration for the students’ maturity in understanding the challenges faced by children overseas, living without access to a toilet.

Said one of the teachers: "It was wonderful to observe the active, informed and responsible young citizens of S2 taking responsibility to try and improve the global community".