At many schools and local churches they have these metal roofs and so anytime it starts to rain, the person teaching has to begin practically yelling to be heard over the sound of the rain on the roof or pause the learning until the rain dies down. Floors are either made of concrete or dirt mixed with cow dung and water to reduce dust and pests.
People here don’t have bathrooms like they do in the States. Here most use more traditional methods like pit latrines, with a simple hole dug into the ground covered with a wooden slab. Then grass or mud bricks are used to make a shelter around the hole for privacy. These shelters are separated from the house and the holes need to be emptied periodically. Some families will fence off their house with straw, however most will just share common space with their neighbors as one big family with houses very close together as they don't own any cars. Many houses will also have a separate shack built similar to the bathroom where they can cook the food without smoking up the house from the fire.
It is common for there to be one room for all the boys, one for all the girls, and one for the parents in a house. The children will throw a tarp on the dirt and use that tarp as a mattress. Sometimes they won't even have pillows and just use some clothes. They will often all sleep right next to each other and each have one bag to hold their clothes or a wire to drape all of them over. One thing that you don't quite realize is due to the lack of windows and electricity, it is often very dark inside of houses. It often feels like you are in a cave which is why you will see people spend most of the time when the sun is up outside of their house.
