Clean water is not a luxury in the West but it certainly felt like one for families in Lancashire whose supplies were contaminated by a parasite last August. More than 100 of them have donated their compensation money – more than £5,000 – to Cafod to fund wells, water pipes and reservoirs in the developing world. “Having to boil and buy water was an inconvenience but not a hardship. It really brought home to me the struggle faced by families living in desperate situation