From your Addis Ababa correspondents

We've (2 Daves and Steph) had a great day starting with meeting the world's greatest ever long distance athlete Haile Gebresailasse at Addis airport. What a lovely guy- even offered us his airport trolley! Made a sleepless overnight flight worthwhile.

Ethiopian Airlines can be highly recommended except for their habit of leaving cabin lights on all night. After a quick shower and change at the hotel we went to the WaterAid office to meet our partnership colleagues.

Meeting with Minister for Water

After a traditional Ethiopian lunch we then had a meeting withe Minister for Water (very informed at committed) people from his department and the Ethiopia Utilities Forum. We had a really interesting two hour discussion which has helped clarify the capacity building where YW will really make a difference.

Tomorrow is World Toilet Day and our first day in the field so our blog tomorrow will combine the two events.