The Background

In June of this year I started doing some work with a group called charity:water. They are almost two years old and they have been growing donations very quickly. They expect to raise about $5 million for water projects this year. The organization has less than 10 full-time staff and I’ve been advising them on how to build the capacity to scale up quickly. It’s been a lot of fun. Early in July the founder, Scott Harrison, asked me if I wanted to join him on a trip to Ethiopia in August. I said “yes.” This blog is an after-the-fact blog of my trip (internet access is rather limited in the Ethiopian countryside).