Now I am teaching math with a tool named "Abaque" in elementary schools. yuta7watanabe.hatenablog.com In most of the classes I have seen so far in Senegal, teachers didn't use teaching materials. In math lessons, teachers write sentences o…

In the town I live, the garbage I throw away in bags is always torn up and hunted for something. Taribe children always check the garbage and look for if there is anything they want. yuta7watanabe.hatenablog.com Right after I throw them aw…

I noticed that my hair grew too long and looked like a helmet. Helmet hair is too hot to spend time in the daytime, so I cut it myself with scissors as I feel. There are no barbers in my area that cut with scissors, so I basically take car…

An acquaintance told me about the dairy life of the children called “Taribe.” yuta7watanabe.hatenablog.com Taribe children ask for money from pedestrians on the street. Even if they are strangers, they do not hesitate to ask for money. Eve…

There is one of Senegalese behaviors that I sometimes see. Senegalese sometimes say, "Con, Con.” before the person walk into the room.This shows that the way of expressing the knocking sound “Con, Con” is the same as in Japan. Recently, I …

Some volunteers who came to Senegal before me returned to Japan. Then, Volunteers who came to Senegal in 2018, are the oldest volunteers including me. Being in Senegal longer means that I have only a few months left. Some go back to Japan,…

Bon et heureuse année! It means, “Happy New Year!" in French. When I said this New Year's greeting to my colleague, I was told, “Wait a minute!” He took out his phone and opened up a translation app. I found he was looking up what to say i…

I felt it was chilly in January and looked at the weather forecast for the first time in a while. It showed a high of 30 degrees Celsius and a low of 12 degrees Celsius. I remember last year's minimum temperature in Senegal was 15 degrees …

It's the new year. In Senegal, Muslims pray five times every day. The first praying is in the morning at sunrise around 6:00 am. An announcement is broadcast through microphones throughout the region informing the time of the praying. It i…