A group of young people from Oxford took part in a watery challenge to experience what life is like for people living in some of the poorest countries.

The Blackbird Leys-based African Caribbean Youth Group took part in the sponsored challenge to see what it is like for the 1.1 billion people who live without access to safe drinking water.

On Good Friday and Saturday - World Water Day - the youth group collected all the water they used from a source approximately 1km away, without using a vehicle.

All bottled drinks were banned, sinks were covered up, and water to flush the toilet came from what had previously been used for washing up.

The aim was to mirror conditions in the world's poorest countries.

Dolcie Obhiozele, the African Caribbean youth worker, said: "It was a real eye-opener. The young people had to decide as a group how they used the water they collected, for cooking, for flushing the toilet or for showers - and who did the collecting."

Money raised went towards the young people's project for a visit to Ethiopia early next year.