So, poo. I am working with an organisation called the Clean Team. They are a collaboration between Unilever and WSUP (Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor). The idea is that households sign up for a regular waste collection service and receive a branded toilet designed by Unilever. This toilet, called the Uniloo, is a portable toilet like one you would use at festivals with a cartridge in it that contains chemicals that stop the waste from smelling and to...

Exploration time. I have no work to do today as it is Saturday so I went to look around. My modest aim was to find the cultural centre, the military museum and to find somewhere to eat. The first job of the day was to change some money. The problem with this is that my bank in England gave me some very old battered notes and no one in Ghana including the banks will accept it. I was eventually was able to change my small notes but it took a while. After this...

So why Ghana and why Kumas,i and does this have something to do with poo? These are all good questions and please let me answer them with some questions of my own. Did you go to the toilet today? Did you go yesterday, the day before, last week? Going to the toilet is important. We don't like to think about it, but we all need to use one. The next question is how far did you have to go to find the toilet. Most likely it was in the house, maybe the next room....

I am typing this in the Guestline Lodge in Kumasi, Ghana. I have a good size room with my own bathroom, sink and most excitingly, a fridge and kettle. This means tea. Nothing says Brit abroad like a man desperately hunting through a supermarket for milk and overpriced Typhoo. I should probably explain how I got here. I will do the why in a day or two once I have caught up with myself. I should have been here a week ago but I made a mistake born of optimism...