TWO cake bakers at the Free Press raised £200 for four life-saving Aquaboxes which are now packed and ready to go.

Over a six-week period before Easter, Barrie Penfold and Rachel Springell baked cakes and sold them to staff in the editorial deaprtment.

Barrie said: "The efforts might have stretched the waistbands of reporters and sub-editors but the funds raised will bring clean water and necessities to people in need."

Nationally the Rotary Club selected the Aquabox as a project to ship aid to disaster areas.

Each container holds 1,100 litres of polluted water which, when treated, becomes palatable and safe for cooking.

Each box goes packed with essentials from baby clothes to tools.

Thousands of Aquaboxes, each one costing £50, have already been shipped under the Rotary scheme.

Each box has a number and its location can be logged through the Rotary Club's website.

The Aquaboxes were organised through the Rotary Club of Marlow Thames.

When packed with essentials the final item was a copy of the Star giving details of the cake bakers' fundraising.

Barrie added: "We raised the funds because we wanted to do something for people who had been left with nothing.

"We hope they'll understand when they see the picture. And they're sure to find a use for the newspaper afterwards."