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school in Togo

mail This round I will prioritize the school system in Togo and my work on the CEG Agou Gare.


· The system

In Togo, the school uniform, in short, le kaki, duty. The boys wear long trousers and shirts (khaki color), the girls white blouses with long skirts. At the lycée, the drab khaki shirt with a colorful green, purple or replaced. Even in elementary school and kindergarten there is a dress code, always changed slightly. Students identify themselves as such and thus not only by their appearance with their School in particular.
The school system itself is similar to the French is slightly different. Thus, there are three different types of schools:

École primaire (6):
first cp1 cours préparatoire
second cp2
third ce1 à élémentaire
4th ce2
5th cm1 à moyen
6th cm2

College (4 years):
7th 6eme
8th 5eme
9th 4eme
10th 3eme

Lycée (3 years): 11th
secondaire
12th primaire
13th terminal


School attendance is compulsory up to the College.


· school everyday

School starts clock at 6:40, not with education but with the appeal. All students are lined up for this class manner, while, every morning and again, the flag is hoisted. A class sings, quite dispassionately, the national anthem and, finally, the slogan of the country is called: Travail - Liberté - Patrie (Labour - Freedom - home). Each word is also always a different class situations and when time's asleep in a class, not jagged or loud enough calls her part, there are sometimes collectively Criminal brushing or kneel. Usually follows will have an emotional address by the head teacher, in which he disseminated news or herumkritisiert to the students.
Who comes too late can usually make the mandatory sweeping the paths, just as long as there is no other scapegoat, while making a few girls to sweep the classrooms.
Finally, begin at 7:00 clock instruction. There are only five school in the morning hours, and the afternoon two hours of lessons. During the morning hours last 55 minutes and go up to 12 clock, the afternoon hours begin at 15:00 clock, each lasting 60 minutes.


subjects

The subjects (at the college) do not differ in size to the Germans. There is a science: SVT (Science de la vie et de la terre - Social Sciences), Physics, Mathematics, sports and HG (Geography History) and as languages: English and French.
3eme it is for the additional ECM (Education Civil et Morale - policy). Artistic / Musical Subjects are therefore not mandatory there.
afternoons are additionally "devoir" (homework) and "tm" (travail manuel) added. Second is a thoroughly educational-free compartment, in which the students usually have tasks like editing the teachers work their fields or at least something more appropriate to reveal the sports ground of the jungle. This, guys seem to Coup Coups (machetes) and the girls with special hooks to as wild on grass, weeds and other los hew. The coup coups, the most popular tool of probably the whole of Africa would think in Germany I fall under the Arms Act and in schools it would be even more so in student handbook, completely unthinkable.

also available on the lycée the opportunity to learn German, which is very popular. In addition, students can, through special upper secondary schools, as a technical or artistic, during her BAC (high school) to prepare for a profession, comparable with the German school diploma.
The primary school is structured differently, however, there are only class teacher, teaching a class in all subjects, at least it does so on the school of my host father.


CEG Agou Gare

I teach, after much back and forth, now "only" sport with Lina together, not even in the 5emes English because there are two English teachers, which the lessons can take on completely .
There are 9 classes, the youngest born is three rapidly departing every hour or two a week to EPS (Education physique = sports). The classes are between 60 - 75 students strong, with the number of boys is usually twice as high as that of girls. Possible answers to the inequality, can probably best in the decision by some parents think their daughters not send them to school, as in a lack of intelligence or laziness, as claimed before.
The College consists of 8 teachers - men only - the director, a secretary, and Lina and me. Evening is a night watchman, armed with a slingshot and stick, he can be on the floor in front of the "administrative unit", ie director's office + secretariat down. His appearance is far from scary and should not seriously hinder intruders from entering the property - on the other hand, there is not really much to get.


Sports

for physical education, the school own ground, a football field, as well as various facilities that are necessary for the compulsory athletic disciplines. Physical education classes following a national curriculum, and consequently are also the terrain of the schools built after the same pattern. Each class thus makes each year by the same program, at least the same disciplines as there are: first
Sprint, for each age between 80 and 100 meters
second Long-distance running, depending on age and gender 600, 800 or 1000 meters
third Long Jump 4th
High jump, but unlike in Germany, jumped into a sand pit and not on a mat, why not reverse, but allegedly jumped forward is. The discipline is still pending and I do not even know exactly how I would carry it.
5th Rope climbing, 5m on time, in the higher grades, even two times in a row directly.
6th Shot put, with 3-4 pound balls, which are simply replaced by a pinch stones.

are therefore on the (football) ground, two long jump pits, a high jump pit, a large paved door frame to which attached the rope for climbing up to be - appear to be climbing every time a student outside of the frame around the rope attached to, unless it found an even better alternative - and at last there is a sprint track, which, Once measured, unfortunately many as 80 instead of 100 meters was found. A basketball court, there would be in itself, but it can be applied to semi-ash, not play half grass and without baskets, and certainly not without a ball
But I must say this is far more than I expected. Especially for shot put, the school is amazingly well equipped and the remaining assets, after they once "gecoupcoupt" are sufficiently usable.
During these six disciplines are mandatory, we left for the rest of the lesson design free hand. The students prefer to play football, so we try as often as possible to let them play. Furthermore, we have just the beginning when we thought we had plenty of time relay race, as training for "la vitesse (Sprint) or Brennball introduced. The real hit is the game "fishing, fishing" (... how deep is the water?), Which the students already knew from last year, and volunteers have taught. We have always played in German, with a preverbal the exactly appropriate sentence and the students it nachbrüllten. Each round actually ends in total chaos, but all have fun and get moving, one of our main objectives for the lesson.


rating

At the end of each semester is the marks given, the first stop in two weeks.
The overall rating system is aligned to the French and so are the best 20 points and 1 point for the worst. There are 2 marks per subject, the "composition" is that determined by a final exam at the end of each trimester and the "class", which assesses all the other employees, including tests. In a 1:1 ratio they are aggregated to form the overall score, giving the exams, which are taking place this week, a very high importance given.
In sport there is something different, just as in all subjects, students will write exams this instruction, where students present are normal, we have added no extra exam. Our "composition" we train the values of discipline, the "class" from all sorts of remarks that we made during the lesson, or it is used for dedicated students unsporting but not put obstacles in their path.

At the end of every trimester grades, all subjects are added together, and by an average final mark awarded, which decides on promotion. Unlike in Germany, so you have to work all year round and not just in the last trimester (when half of us) and you can turn off in individual subjects also complete, as long as you in other subjects good enough to make up for it again.
have for the notes of the disciplines, we have lists, after which the points are awarded, as well as in Germany, except that the lists are rather sub-optimal, because the values do not front and rear, and from there are large jumps and Sometimes the values are lower in older classes than in younger ones. For orientation but are very helpful and with the measured values is thus the manipulation going on, so that the grading scale is somewhat covered.

For Sports Fans even a few values:
The boys in the 3eme, ie the elders, need for 20 points:
the sprint at 100 meters, 11.9 seconds in the 1,000-meter run 2:57 minutes; climb for the long jump 5.79 meters and 5 meters must be within two times of 8.1 seconds for the high jump 1.61 meters, the shot put (5kg) 12.61 meters.

girls need the same class, at 100 meters, 13.9 seconds to go far for 600-meter run 2:07:8 minutes for the high jump 1.41 meters, the shot put (4 kg) 9.6 meter they climb 4.53 meters and 5 meters once in 6.2 seconds.

Conclusion: The requirements are pretty darn high, and the conditions are not sure where. Still, I never thought that sprinting or playing soccer at all possible flop is - Footwear have the least.


instruction sequence

Once a lesson in fast-forward, of which I have a day in three to five: Each session begins with the "Control", the attendance register in which the khaki, have along so all the no workout gear, are not there and the "malade" (health) fished out and placed in the margin.
For over 70 students take this even a little longer and for simplicity we have adopted the rule that callee are ready to face directly into a series for the "echauffement" (warming up), which follows next. Actually, to be on all nice run in 1 meter in series with 1-2 rounds, which depending on the mood of the students good, bad or not working. Sometimes we do other exercises, such Skibbings or "heel striking, which will also be carried out in a row. Especially in the beginning it took this much exercise in itself but it works. Now follows the common stretching in a circle, due to time constraints, we have recently, however, frequently deleted in order to have more time for inspections.
The main part of the hour consists of the program, which we have prepared for the current discipline, such as games or the practical preparation for the acceptance.

Since we're together, fortunately, can always be more of a focus on teaching while the other is interference or the "Khaki-people" care.
The disciplines serve only the grades, general objectives are the promotion of exercise, fun and discipline in itself. What goal has priority led already to some small discussions, since it is difficult to always attend to all three.


discipline

It is something elemental, something the teachers liked to see if it's there, something Unterrichterleichterndes, but sometimes a little lost, but ultimately something indispensable.
Many students is the Some in the crowd often, so is it mostly deals only with the mass. For many practices, such as the introductory always warm up, to line up the students and do the exercise closed. Capable, all with something completely new and is not confronted, but not always are all willing, so occasionally lost a lot of time goes.

A major reason is the different understanding of authority and discipline, which we brought along.
in Togo following the misconduct a direct punishment, usually physically and strokes or very popular, "Criminal knees," for which students kneel for hours under the burning sun in the area allowed. Thus discipline is created by fear of punishment, quite effectively, and authority is measured by the incidence of strokes.
I think of this system, not so much and have therefore also more problems with the students. My system is based mainly on the notes and minor punishments such as extra laps or at worst antanzen afternoon at the terrain Coupe to what once was the case.
But how can threaten a student with bad grades if he starts to misconduct by a bat? The skills of self-discipline and personal responsibility, which are seen in Germany so much, is not known here.
have now realized the students, I do not hit and still constitute an authority figure and I've realized that sometimes I have to explain my views several times.
The last is difficult to overcome problems with the authority that we simply are as old as the oldest students, sometimes even younger, and seldom anywhere near as fit.
Our age knows no one and fortunately we also are white, so not much will also be questioned.
The right motivation by a somewhat more varied teaching, however, are our strengths. The "normal" I think physical education is based solely on the disciplines that are practiced briefly and then be removed. So you jump in an hour maybe just five times in a long jump pit. I have seen, however, no other hour, I am relying alone on stories of my host brothers and sisters.
Despite all the difficulties were, looking back to the first trimester, but a lot of it out and we have our program we have set ourselves at the beginning, though often just changed at the end by getting into.


The Stock

He is actually right in the theme of "discipline", since he is a particularly interesting, I will comment briefly on this separately.
is Officially the floor banned in schools, no teacher though, comes from without, so every now and then some type of government is over, collect all the sticks going away, and cancel the teacher is new from the trees.
There is really no school day, is not on the beaten anyone, and exist in the interpretation of the blows also differences. Usually girls get blows to the buttocks and boys who are doing, it goes the other way however, there are no rules for this. Sometimes students can not then walk properly, sit up or hold a pen.
It is possible as students get along without shock, but in itself is an integral part of the floor in the school. Teachers simply take the right an arbitrary deal with the students as they want, because there is no body which protects the students. From the beginning, I realized that I can not act as the Yovo that explains how education is working properly and to prohibit the floor, so I just reject it and can even discuss with teachers about him. My opinion and attitude is accepted it from the other teachers.
I find most surprising, however, that some students even claim the floor, as I saw in some discussions. Sometimes I'll even prompted correctly when it is once again a little louder to me to take a stick to hit. It is also often happened that when the teachers who not so often to stock access, the students naturally make even more noise and disturb.
No student is pleased with shock, on the contrary, they are an incredible humiliation of circumventing any attempts at times almost as a kind of game.
A change that without a cane quiet and orderly learning is possible, but unfortunately I still can not tell really and I think that the current generation of students would use the stick as a teacher, perhaps even beyond.
A further, not only on this issue attached argument is that the black students, in contrast to the white, the floor need. When I objected out that it used to in Europe was also the floor and he was eliminated with time and this here may change over time could also, I agree with many, but time is something difficult to define. Finally
is a general problem that "error" is not really questioned, but only punished the students will remember the next time already to the beatings.

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Bonjour, Monsieur Robert

As has done a lot lately, I write less about Togo and about me.
2 weeks ago I've moved with two other volunteers on the village, not far from Kpalimé. The highest mountain in Togo, Mount Agou is, 987 meters and is surrounded several villages and sometimes even inhabited - together they form the Agou area. I live in Agou-Apegame and teach in a college sport that is in one of the neighboring villages, Agou-Gare. Actually, my work and should also have the move take place 2 weeks earlier, but at the last second (1 week before), the President of Togo decided to postpone the rentrée (school year) by 2 weeks back.

I teach nine different courses, the German 6th to 9 Steps equal, usually two hours a week sport and two 5ème (the 7th level accordingly) four hours a week in English. A class consists of an average 70 students, an age range of the cover up to 5 years, ie it is in a 5ème both 12, and 17 year old student, said in the higher classes, the range is further apart. There are two reasons: first, you can sit in his high school career as often as you like, on the other hand, some students start school until very late. However, I am teaching alone, but mostly for two, with another volunteer, and I am also very happy. Every Thursday overlap but 2 Sport 2 English lessons, so I must take up there alone and on another day to two 6 ème (6th level) are taught together, ie 140 students at once.

Overall, I feel so at 20 school hours that morning, 55 minutes, meet in the afternoon for one hour. Not so much because I really, according to German law, to fulfill a 40 hour week, finally I'm doing my civilian replacement and I am not a simple volunteer, like the others. Monsieur le President de Campagne wants me, I think, to work at least 30 hours to see, because even he knows that more is not really possible. To fill the last missing hours, we will help out at third still in kindergarten. With pre-and post-processing time but now my week is full of all right, maybe this will in a few Weeks less, because just for sport in each year of similar classes is possible and not every hour is a long time to prepare.

For English, this looks a bit different, especially since we must first of all be aware of the curriculum.

There are quite a good English book for French-speaking Africa, but only 2 student copies for us, "teacher", so we have to be enough for text working copies.

It may in the future, however, give some small changes at least for English, because there are actually 2 correct English teachers and we're still not sure whether the are busy or not. For sports, there is no teacher, so we are used here as volunteers to teach English but I would like to continue, but as long as there is a trained teacher who has priority, I will take away a job.

Over the course of teaching, education, and my other work I will write more next time if I have a few weeks behind me.

a difference between village and city, I could already tell from the people, they are not as pushy and talk to me much more on EWE as in French, as they among themselves EWE and more often speak their French is worse. In the family, but this is not so, the father speaks mostly French with the children.

The only thorn in the mosquitoes and flies, which gives it more here and what I like, especially to appear. This is not only are the notorious malaria mosquito, but especially small flies that are allegedly responsible for the many bold prints that make me look like a crumb cake. After a small mountain walk, I was so stung that I am anticipating running back, I was only from engravings, which itched a lot.

There have been other times

Last week there were two attacks on other volunteers of CDH, are thus a total of five girls involved. That these are probably always by the same duo, the Coup in dark secluded places with coups (machetes) armed jump out of the bush and take cameras, money, passports, mobile phones, etc. The last two months I've felt very safe here, as the Togolese have to be a very friendly attitude, but now is probably a bit more care offered again. Supposedly this is the first time that armed robberies take place in Kpalimé. As a boy I can feel a bit safer, but now we are coq à quatre neuf poulaits (4 boys, 9 girls), two of which live coques being showcased in the village so that all girls can not always be accompanied. But I also, when I was with friends at night Ameibo-way was always to accompany home. How it is developed now to be seen.

Apart from the mosquito attack in the mountains, I am one of the few, the still nothing serious happened.

The food

I have now seen a different cuisine and now trying to take the similarities to describe "the Togolese cuisine. About Taste is otherwise known to argue, so I do not even try this time to remain objective.

The food is almost exclusively prepared by the women, so by the mother or the daughters who cook for themselves with about 13 or 14 years, the family if the mother has such a solid job. Furthermore, there are many small cafes along the road into which you can sit down, food stalls and restaurants right.

usually used to cook Tonherd is used which is heated with coal and when it heats up only once, can be compared with gas stoves. had

My old family only one of these stoves, making the preparation of elaborate meals was more or less excluded, that is also sauces were rather rare.

There are several traditional dishes, I have met yet in Europe and some that are found here, too.

The most important staple foods are roots, yam and cassava, which has a certain resemblance to potatoes.

Fufu: The 1 National dish of boiled yam, cassava and plantains also sometimes made. For this, the ingredients in a wooden bucket pounded with large wooden sticks until a sticky paste (ground) is produced, which in the least can be compared with mashed potatoes. The pounding of the pulp, as I could find themselves damned exhausting. You eat the mush with a liquid sauce, usually with fish or sometimes chicken, but not with cutlery, but with his hands.
Fufu I like themselves very much and classic dishes from the best. However, it is probably due to the long cooking time served rare.

Coulico: Similar to Pommes frites to be agreed, that the roots, in disc form, deep fried in hot fat.

Cooked Yam: The simplest form of yam and therefore also the most boring. The roots have a very delicious taste of its own, with my tastes better than cassava yam.

Ragou is the most European version, because the cassava is served with a light Möhrensoße.

corn is another food that is used in many ways.

Godfather: The 2 National dish similar to the first of her style, the taste is very used to. Pâte consists of corn meal stirred, forming also a slurry that is eaten with the fingers. The slurry itself is tasteless, often very hot and astringent. The special is the sauce, which can of course also in various forms, the most used and also the least palatable, the "green-fish-slime sauce" is. It is a kind of algae that are mashed, well-hot peppers and fish. The fish is usually still the most delicious, apart from small sardines, have a look at constantly with her sad eyes to the rest of you can get used to many inevitably

Fried buffer.. Similar to potato pancakes are fried polenta in the pan

Other dishes.

Small beans are sprinkled with oil and manioc flour and can also stuff a lot.

rice is very common and since it is also grown here to see the Togolese it as an African dish.

spaghetti are everywhere and are always delicious, whether served with tomato sauce or an omelette.

came in my first family, my food very monotonous, as it always (mixed peppers, tomatoes, onions) with a main ingredient was Pimont, preferably Pâte. In the new family, there have been only super food, always portions with a sauce and overly large.

In the cafeterias on the road to eat simple food, cheap, like spaghetti or omelettes to suffer as a rule, without thereafter diarrhea - replacement for a small kebab and other fast food.

At the food stalls along the road I have not yet married, here there were spits of meat, pate, and more.

Twice I have been really fine food in restaurants. There's also steak, steaks, fries and other European cuisine, such as Mousse au Chocolat. Very rarely does it sometimes good to dig deep into their pockets and let it go to really good.

In Agou there is no Internet access, so that every time I go to Kpalimé need to check emails. Last weekend was, unfortunately, power failure, when I got to Internet did, so that this mail has once again delayed. To individual emails I will therefore not be able to respond so quickly. However, as I Lennart laptop available, I hope here to vortippen some mails and the opportunity to send in Kpalimé or can Lomé.

Finally my health: for once not so good. Most likely I have worms and a slight intestinal infection, which is why I take medication now. Mais ca va all and my schedule is like not too much affected. Probably everyone here anyway worms, both Togolese, and volunteers, only that one does not notice everything at some point, or get used to it.

Let's see what it looks like in 2 weeks.

So all the best,

Robert

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Yovo, Yovo, Bonsoir, ca va bien - merciiiie.

I once both laptop, time and content anyway to write another email.
for all mail that I received, I would like to thank first of all, news is to read at home and the rest of the world is always beautiful - all the answer always is, but not quite so easily.

Lines anticipated fall time somewhat scarce in, but is all the more in the report.

has done really not a lot lately, it always come back on new volunteers, of which even what diseases such as malaria have been captured, but for now it's all good and I'm also still at full health.

time a small introduction: I am trying
in my reports to remain as objective as possible, I will mainly watch everything and wants to keep me away from scores first. Of course, I is not always succeed and sometimes I'll also take a clear position on some issues. On issues relating
to Togo, the people, politics and culture, as I will only reflect, what are the Togolese themselves.


as white in Africa

from my organization in Germany, ICJA, we are here for two. However CdH works, the organization in Togo, or with another German, work together - experiment. There are also ICYE Suisse, in principle, the Swiss version of ICJA which also sends volunteers to CDH.
We are currently six German and two Swiss women. As I understand it, there are also another 6 more volunteers in the coming months, but remain, like the other experiment, people usually only 4-5 months.

Those who think that, however, are quite a lot of German in a medium City, not quite as large Togo, who has not the rest of the beautiful city, Kpalimé looked. There are so many ONGs (Non-Governmental Organization, Eng. NGOs), many of which are also based on voluntary exchange. On my arrival were above all the French very well represented, by and by they will be less and there are more German to - inter alia, from Aachen. In addition, there are just some that come a year after their exchange here again after a short visit / holiday. Estimated soon could perhaps 25-30 in the German-speaking Kpalimé be distributed.

A Yovo, the EWE-word for white is not something that is completely unusual in the streets. Nevertheless, I will be paid each time a special attention in various ways. First, run the often children after me, sometimes they want to hug me, call it "Yovo, Yovo" or sing even a saying: "Yovo, Yovo, Bonsoir, ca va bien merciiie,". Reportedly has "before", when exactly I do not know the "Yovowo" (plural) where the children then candy. However, I would
addressed not only by the children, even teenagers and adults constantly call me "Yovo" behind and do that I stop short, let me talk to them or show their wares in her shop. The words "Yovo" and "Ameibo" (= black, actually slightly different spelling, but I have no EWE keyboard) are entirely value-neutral, so I have it integrated into my German vocabulary.

Yovo As I wrote here is a special role. Means to be white, wealth and power, on the market, there is the extra Yovo prices, that is, it is often initially requires double the price and even after much action, I do not know if I finally pay the normal price and still about lie. This is worth it if I know the normal price to insist on it and so can avoid time-consuming action kann.Auch beggars and blind people like to come to Yovowo to ask for money. Difficult it is with false friends, who assumed that, for example, the beverage in the evening they will be issued.
a Yovo to have as a friend, is something special and everyone wants the industry with one, so also is the first question about the Begrüszung often: "we want to be friends?" Although I do not know the person.


The constant appeal to greet and is partly due also to the African mentality, but most touched by the interest in the other skin color. I encounter here in any way hostilities, on the contrary, all are always super friendly, However, I would sometimes like to just go in peace can return home without cause at any corner of a two-minute conversation.
The families and other CDH staff, however, always call us by name and speak well, other than white people do not "Yovo" at.

crime to me in Kpalimé not yet met and I always feel safe. Nevertheless, caution is always required as whites are naturally suited for raids and other wonderful places in the country, I'll show up if possible, not alone.

are there to report on this subject a lot and in a few months I will certainly not dwell on that.


My work, my daily routine (the first) will
Actually, I write this, as yet, but there was now even a lot of requests in email and I will now give some insight. The problem with the work and the project is that until 21:09 and school holidays are really all projects with the school are directly or indirectly. So I know, for a still not where I'm going to work exactly - what is but also that we divide ourselves and this division can not simply place - nor do I have currently a solid project.
This does not mean I hang out and just do nothing, although I can not complain on review. It are several smaller tasks and projects, among which I change again and again.
First, I have worked a little on the field - bananas, cassava and rice. We can fall back here only the simplest tools, such as shovel, machete, hoe, ... say it is muscle strength and stamina required. Especially if it is not covered, the work is pretty sweaty. be edited for banana and cassava must come before all the soil, rice is scattered in small holes.
The current largest project is ongoing and putting up bins in the city. Waste is also an issue in itself, so please contact us, there are a lot of garbage on the streets and the erection of public garbage cans is a very useful purpose. The bins are large plastic bucket attached to a metal rod and be planted in the ground. With 2-3
such trash, we go by car to busy intersections and places to dig a hole about 30cm deep, will use the trash can and fill it with cement and gravel again. In total we have over 50 pieces and half was in place. Be emptied the trash from the city, which leaves out the content from the town where he, as I understand it burned.
The last project began this week: la Crèche. A kindergarten / nursery, which in the past year with the Help of volunteers was set up and can help out now and find volunteers. But there are holidays so can the whole student, not just going to school, take care good to the little (2-5 years), so currently the Crèche is more employment work, as the nursery school teachers could get on well alone, rightly.

The daily routine:
The only time when I can really do something physical in the morning until the afternoon heat begins. Therefore, all accessible on quite early, the sun does finally have to clock at 5:30.
three hours a day I work in the Crèche, where are we volunteers divided into blocks.
same plant the other, if the conditions are good, trash. At 12:30 clock and 18:30 clock there in my warm home meals. From 17:00 clock reads Spraying clothes and wear long, malaria can greet and against 18:30 clock it is dark. In the evening I go off and in a bar, of which there are both the deafening dance bars, and are quieter. By 22:00 in the week clock bed time, weekends can also be ever later, when it is dark again, time makes no difference here. However, I am Saturdays, and tomorrow, already had a trip or sport, which in turn should be started in the morning. Say, tomorrow I'm at 5:00 Clock on because we have an appointment for a small hike.
must I also wash my laundry at least once a week, of course, with cold hands and soap, which also takes proper time. Is not always advisable to wash everything at once, because in the rainy season, heavy rain I could usually bring my shirt.


Finally, a few answers to questions. Although it sounds funny, the showers and the toilet does not use a bucket with me I think in general with the fewest problems. It's amazingly well and is not at all unhygienic, and all other volunteers think the same way.

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Finally I get sometimes to lead to the blog, though at some time.

The land, the city

looking from the plane is, Togo, as well as the other countries below the Sahara, from orange-brown and green areas.

The lakes and rivers are brown, most of (arable) land green and the orange city.

from the ground, it will change much. Most roads in Lomé and Kpalimé consist of a brown-orange - the color of the soil and thus the dominant color - Gravel and have additionally neat to potholes. The major roads in the city, and the roads connecting the major cities are paved.

The houses, like mine, are built of stone and usually consist of only one floor. The larger houses, like mine, are of a 1.5 - 2 meter high stone wall surrounded the garden and which sometimes even small workshops are included. In line Zentrun smaller boutiques, next to each other lying in the streets. Only very sporadic finds multi-storey houses, such as two hotels.

The smaller "houses" are the so-called corrugated iron huts, usually up to 20m ² with wooden walls and a corrugated iron roof. These huts are also isolated "residential houses", but mostly small stalls that are still in front of the stone houses on the street. Just in the center of town and Mark almost exclusively, the shacks consist only of the cornerstones and are laterally open.

The center consists of many shopping streets and the market. It is noticeable that there are some "Design Kits" are to be found precisely in the same street several times. On the market and the business life, I would like to respond differently when separated.

The street life

The roads are always very lively. Most Moto, scooter taxis that carriage drawn for 100 CFA (15cent) within the city, is used for longer trips, are they ever be found a little more.

The cars here are often old, German products, to recognize the big "D" sticker that came on in years and already a lot easy to just go.

are on the road, it mainly to observe a rule of the jungle: At the lowest level there is the normal pedestrian, followed by the Motos, then the Cars and finally the trucks that are not as much to be found.

If you go on the road, so you have to constantly keep your eyes and ears open if you get not just the trace of the fittest. Conveniently, used here as the main means of communication the horn, sometimes even the flasher. When overtaking or which is approaching a crossroads-passed an accident. In itself, it works amazingly well, without any signs - and if they are unnecessary anyway - even traffic lights are. In Lomé, this may perhaps be slightly different, on the one hand there are a lot more traffic, the other was on a particularly large intersection and the traffic of Police conducted. In any case, a constant honking can be heard, that almost never, as in Germany, "evil" is meant.

The homes

The Wohnsäusern, there is the one who, as a house are built and others that are like a farm of several individual rooms that are not directly connected to each other.

My house is connected. It is a large living and dining room, a very small kitchen and several bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

The kitchen is tiny and consists of a Spüllbecken, However, without water and a classic stove / oven. The stove consists of clay, no two feet high, has an opening below for the charcoal and an oval-shaped storage space for a pot. This charcoal stoves I've seen so far exclusively. A family like ours, with currently seven members (the food but not all at the same time) can cook with it.

is especially beautiful and unusual not my house. Both the floor and the walls are made of stone and concrete. The living room has a large dining table and 2 small tables. There is also a wooden sofa and chair, but without reference. One must, however, Do not miss: the television. The reception is not perfect, but still the box runs quite often and shows French soaps, news, music videos and commercials!

However, this is the only electronic device. Sockets and flowing stream in place, but there are frequently blackouts. These always involve an entire neighborhood and mine is very often made, which forces us to candles and oil lamps, since it is dark at 18:00 clock.

is to shower and the toilet using a bucket. It is also running water, but water is generally used sparingly. With a bucket, a Sponge network (traditional sponge, which consists of a network and thus dry quickly) and to wash a cup consumed, really little water, barely half a bucket. To flush the toilet, a bucket is emptied into the toilet. But I need the toilet more water than for most showers.

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Arrived

Salut,

here come the first sign of life from Kpalimé, Togo. At 04.08 I boarded the plane in Frankfurt and flew with Lennart, another volunteer about Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) to Lome, the capital of Togo. So far, everything went super smooth and I feel wonderful. The plane met all European standards and also worked umverfrachten baggage problems. While in Addis Ababa poured out of buckets, we were received in Lomé a humid heat wave. How hot is it right here, I do not know, but it is definitely very warm and humid. Also come from large and pretty cloudy down, which will probably know this is a power failure is associated with.
The first day we spent in Lomé, on the second it went to Kpalimé. First we were brought here to our host families. The house in which I live is of course one of the better and my host father is also an employee of Campagne des Hommes, as with almost all families of the case. My room is huge, but contains only a bed (with a very thin mattress) and a table. For that I However, a private bathroom. In addition to the host mother and father, there are 3 small children and a second young woman where I do not know exactly whether they help or a House verwannte or so.
The real work in the project is going to go there in September because school holidays are here yet. Today we have therefore planted bananas (very difficult), and trash placed in the city.

If a first short report from me - soon I will report in more detail.
Greetings from Togo,

Robert

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