Namaste!

Namaste!

We have arrived in Bhubaneswar after a brief overnight stop in Delhi and a very, very bumpy 2 hour flight. The first thing that strikes you about India (apart from the heat) is the cacophony of noise! Cars beeping, children playing, and even women singing.

We have been given the most amazing welcome by the WaterAid India staff, both in New Delhi and Bhubaneswar.

Tomorrow is the first visit to a village where WaterAid haven't yet started work. There is no safe water or sanitation and open defecation is the norm. I am a little apprehensive about what I may see. Hopefully I'll be able to write again tomorrow share my experiences with you.

Christina

Hello

Hello and thanks for looking at my blog.

If you don't already know, I have been incredibly lucky to be nominated as Yorkshire Water's representative for the 2007 WaterAid supporters' visit to India. I hope (technology permitting) to use this blog to keep a diary of my experiences and my feelings while I am in India.

I am very excited to have this opportunity to really see how WaterAid works on the front line, and how the tremendous fund raising effort back here in the UK really makes a difference to people's lives.

I fly from Heathrow to New Delhi on Saturday 24th Feb and will be travelling to the region of Orissa and its capital Bhubaneswar next Monday where we will see WaterAid projects in various stages, from the villages and slums where there is no safe water supply or toilets; to the places where WaterAid have been able to make a difference to people's lives and well-being.... will write again soon - hopefully from sunnier climes!