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11/02/2023

I am neither a Christian, Muslim, nor Buddhist. That isn’t to say I am an atheist, but I have beliefs and look up to religious attitudes such as attending church services.
In spite of the fact that I used to go to church with respect, why am I not a believer?
This is what I think about religion. I hope this will work for everybody, whether you are a believer or not.

The church used to be far from my life. In my childhood, my society terribly discriminated against religion and believers.

28/01/2023

28/01/2023

You are told to 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 when you are young. As you grow up, you become stronger mentally and financially.
How strong you become depends on a person. Where you start your lives differs by each person. Some are born into wealthy families. Others are not. How much effort you make also depends on a person.
Strength is what is 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. The person that looks strong to you can look weak to some people.
What matters is to 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 to those who look weaker to you. Of course, it is not that the strong should not spend their property for themselves.
It is meaningful to find the 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 between themselves and others as the position to balance makes themselves 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.

https://youtu.be/6iMtEhHwssQ

This is a video of Jan 2023 when I joined as a volunteer the education program that a Ugandan grass root organization offers.▮The words we have found in thei...

18/01/2023

𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is closely related to 𝗽𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆. No doubt inadequate education causes poverty, but the problem still remains, although measures have been being taken.
This time we found a 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 in what a grass root organization is trying to work on. It would be great to give a hint to move the issue forward to everybody from the people involved in the issue to the people from beyond the seas who have an interest in it.

https://youtu.be/mm1VPgd4a5U

Tukolaganhe Youth Foundation

Let us share what is happening in Ugandan education through the private schools a grass root organization runs. The information in this video is based on the...

10/01/2023

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲?

The other day, I drank coffee brewed with local beans at a café in Jinja, Uganda. It was the first time I had taken authentic coffee in Uganda, though I had stayed in Kampala for one and a half months a year back.
There was a reason why I took coffee this day. There were posters all over inside walls of the cafe which read the effect that your coffee purchase helps locals. [fig1] I had seen similar phrases several times in developed countries, but this time I felt a little bit different to before as I was supposed to stay with a local family.

𝗨𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀

Uganda, which is located in the tropical zone, is the country which the equator runs through. Though you might feel a bit surprised, it is a little chilly in the morning and at night. This is due to the elevation. The climate conditions of Uganda are suitable for coffee trees. [fig2] As a matter of fact, we can see coffee trees grow naturally anywhere here in Jinja, but I didn’t know locals hardly take coffee.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 (𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀)

What surprised me more was the purchase price for coffee berries. The purchase price means the price at which brokers buy coffee berries from farmers. It was about 500 Ugandan shillings per kilogram. If you convert Ugandan shillings into us dollars in accordance with dollar-Ugandan shilling exchange rate of January 7th, it is about 𝟬.𝟭𝟯𝟱 𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺.

According to MEITTA(*1), a fully-grown coffee plant of 2-3 meters bears around 5-8 kilograms of coffee berries per year. The number of coffee trees each farmer owns is largely several dozens. There are several chances a year to pick coffee berries. How red the berries are let us know the time to pick them. [fig3] The reddish coffee berries are carried by brokers to a local factory that dries or roasts them.
(*1)Source: https://www.melitta.co.uk/coffee-enjoyment/from-bean-to-cup/cultivation-and-harvesting/

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀

Producing 𝟭 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 roughly requires 𝟰.𝟱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 which is the median between the lower limit that is the ratio of 5-kilogram coffee berries to produced 1-kilogram coffee beans and the upper limit that is the ratio of 8-kilogram coffee berries to produced 2-kilogram coffee beans. (*1)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀

Coffee arabica price was at 𝟰.𝟲𝟯 𝗨𝗦𝗗/𝗸𝗴 as of the end of Dec 2022(*2).
By the way, coffee beans are roughly categorized into two coffee beans: arabica and robusta. In Uganda, the two types are produced. [fig4] (*3) Arabica’s price was more than twice as expensive as that of robusta as of 2022.
(*2)Source: https://ycharts.com/indicators/world_coffee_arabica_price
(*3)Source: https://seasia.co/2018/01/27/the-coffee-belt-a-world-map-of-the-major-coffee-producers

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲

I would take 240-ml coffee in Japan. So let me make sure of the cost breakdown of the coffee based on the retail price.

Currently, the size of coffee is being sold at 350 yen. This price corresponds to about USD 2.65. In general, 240-ml coffee involves 20-gram coffee beans and its price is 𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝟬.𝟬𝟵𝟮𝟲 ( = 4.63 USD/kg × 20g/1000g) , while 20-gram coffee beans involve 90-gram coffee berries and their price is 𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝟬.𝟬𝟭𝟮𝟭𝟱(= 0.135 USD/kg × 90g/1000g). 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝟴-𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱 over the process of removing pulps, drying berries, milling, roasting, and grinding beans, and brewing. [fig5]

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁

“We are considering installing a machine to extract cosmetic oil from coffee berries,” a farmer said. The oil seems to be sold at a higher price than coffee berries. I strongly feel we have been making the coffee market expand by the name of 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 and 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. More than ten years ago, I many times saw advertisements that said coffee worked for health such as cancer, posters, and flyers that emphasized the fact that their coffee was made of beans from countries in Africa. The larger the market size became, the more often I came to drink coffee.

On the other hand, I have been having fewer opportunities to see the two causes since I made a coffee habit. Actually, I couldn’t know the producing areas of most of the coffee that I drank.

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲

I can’t help but think where my coffee payments have gone. Have my thoughts that I put on cups of coffee traveled to the right destination? If not, who have my thoughts that I put on cups of coffee traveled to? [fig6]
Now I am feeling like oolong tea.

29/12/2022

Now I am at the Source of Nile in the second largest city Jinja in Uganda. (fig1) This is one of the sources of the River Nile. There are two kinds of water in Uganda which flow into the River Nile: the water of Lake Victoria and the water from the underwater springs at the joint part of Lake Victoria and the River Nile. (fig2) If I remember correctly, a tour guide told me that Lake Victoria-to-the underwater spring ratio is about 7 to 3.

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲.

The River Nile reminds me of a controversial Ethiopian dam. (fig3) The dam constructed in the upper course of the Nile brings about an issue in the lower course. Sudan and Egypt fear the dam could reduce their share of Nile waters.

Back in ancient times, there used to be annual flooding of the Nile. It was Egypt where the Nile flooded. But what brought about the natural disaster had occurred in a different place. It was Ethiopia around 1,400 miles away from Egypt. The monsoon over Ethiopian Plateau had caused heavy rain.
When it rains heavily in the upper course of a river, it is in the lower course that suffers greater damage. It is not a place that caused a problem.

Lake Victoria is located in the uppermost course of the Nile and is the world's second-largest water lake facing three countries: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. There is hygiene and water pollution occurring. I heard this was due to daily life water, plastic bottles, and something like that. (fig4,5,6)

The water quality problem could someday affect not only the areas around Lake Victoria but also the areas in the lower course of the Nile. The problem of the world's longest river which runs through 11 countries will have a huge impact. (fig7)

However, the problem won't easily progress toward resolution because the people who sow the seeds of the problem differ from those who suffer from it.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿,
𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲.

The more downstream the polluted water in the upper course travels, the wider the area of influence spreads.

I met vegetarians from the West in the countries surrounding Lake Victoria. It is said that there are several reasons they become a vegetarian: environmental concerns, animal welfare, health, and belief. The reason depends on the person.

Further evolved social movement called veganism also appeared. The number of restaurants that overwhelmingly have a vegetarian or vegan menu has increased. Those are movements in the lower course of a river. What we have to do right now is to get rid of the root causes that made them decide to become a vegetarian or vegan.

The situation where we are discounting root sources applies to a virtual world.

The wrong information and the arbitrarily operated information easily get to go viral with social networking service. Each SNS platform should take measures to prevent that, but it won't be easy to eliminate all that has gone viral. It will be impossible to eliminate them completely unless they are dealt with at the place where they are first produced before they spread.

So the most effective and productive measures are to get rid of what is behind the false information. Those who live in the upper course of the information river must know the length of the river is way longer than the Nile. The extent of the impact is way more than 11 countries or 300 million people in the Nile Basin.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲.

The flooding of the Nile shows heavy rains in the upper course give a bad influence on the lower course. And then, the lower the disaster-affected area is, the greater the influence of the disaster is.
We shouldn't accept the reality that is far from ideal in comparison with the fact that the people living in lower areas than us suffer more terribly, but we have a tendency to compare in order to escape from suffering. So the idea easily permeates all the people from the upper stream to the downstream. The people in the lowest course of a river hardly raise their voices because they are usually marginalized and are often supported by those in the upper course.

What is important for us is to know the fundamental principle of problem-solving and the characteristics of our mindset.

Your mindset builds your destiny.
The future of our society is a bunch of your destinies.
Your mindset builds a society's future.

24/12/2022

It is not surviving that is beautiful.
It is carrying out a mission.
It is not redefining business to survive that is beautiful.
It is redefining business for the progress of customers and society.
We are not just social animals.
We are the proudest social animals on this planet.
https://youtu.be/o4gBQ7Ooh6c

This video doesn't have a related case video so far.Imagine your projects. You must belong to multiple projects of your company, community, and something lik...

19/12/2022

I enjoyed watching an amature football match at the outskirts of the second largest city Jinja, Uganda.
Players seriously playing and whistles that were blown with proper timing made spectaters feel pleasant. We all gradually got to feel a sense of unity among players, judges, and spectaters. The chief judge was like an orchestra conductor.
When you go watch the match in a stadium, you should know the judge movement that is difficult to wathc on TV.
It is got to be a stadium.

This video is about a look of a penalty shootout.

12/12/2022

Can you imagine 𝗡𝗣𝗢 has something to do with a 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪?
- 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 Organization
- 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 in East and Central Africa

But, actually, the two dots between which anybody could never find a line were connected.
What connected each other was 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵.
This story should give you a hint or clue about your growth.

NPO https://weedo-tanzania.org/
Swahili Fashion week https://www.swahilifashionweek.com/

https://youtu.be/UYum4sebj3Y


WEEDO-Women Empowering and Entrepreneurship Development Organization
Worldpackers

This is a video of Nov 2022 when I joined as a volunteer women empowerment program that a Tanzanian NPO WEEDO offers.▮The words we have found in their activi...

10/12/2022

The humility that makes it possible to see a fact as it is makes us wiser.
Creatures with wisdom survive.
The survivors seem to be strong.
As a matter of fact, they were sure to be strong, but that is a result, not a cause.
What brought about strength is humility.

What I felt in Tanzania is similar to the humility.
https://youtu.be/pSGOFHPl270

This is a video of Nov 2022 when I joined as a volunteer women empowerment program that a Tanzanian NPO WEEDO offers.▮The words we have found in their activi...

20/11/2022

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲?
Have you given up making a habit? ,
Don’t you think how to make a habit was wrong? ,
Are you looking for another way of making a habit? ,
, or are you changing your environment to make a habit?

All of them won’t go well unless you realize the importance of mindset.
𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆.
Have you tried to change or update your mindset?
And do you know how to update yourself?

We are sure there are some clues or hints in this video for you to make a habit or live a better life.
We hope this video works for you.

https://youtu.be/g3Sp5bNReuI

Have a lovely day! ☼

Have you experienced something like this before? Have you given up making a habit? , Don’t you think how to make a habit was wrong? , Are you looking for ...

12/11/2022

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁.
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.
Let us share the words to build your destiny with you.

The words to build your destiny we have found in volunteer activities in Uganda

𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱
𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀).

Check out these videos so that you could understand, deepen, and practice the words
1. Words to build your destiny: Videos to explain what the words mean
https://youtu.be/JqBG7RqtbOM

2. Case: Videos to deepen your understanding
https://youtu.be/t2G93CWwXgM

3. Chant: Videos to put the words into your thought by repeating them
https://youtu.be/1hPvITmFzCo
https://youtu.be/5uGm_HH3HKw

30/10/2022

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 (𝟯/𝟯) - 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁

Here are famous words from an American philosopher William James(1842-1910).
𝘚𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘚𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵.
𝘚𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘚𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺.

Did you realize that they don’t include the word of knowledge?
But, it is not that knowledge is unnecessary to build your destiny. Knowledge is necessary to make the right decision which leads to building your destiny. [See the image below]

What matters is that 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. A bunch of actions that were decided on based on your well-honed mindset only lead to building your destiny.

𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁

We might have been giving too much importance to knowledge. If you want to build your destiny, you should change your mindset of when you face hardship. As long as there is the will to try to get over it on your own, the necessary knowledge must be naturally increased. 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 so that it could get closer to the knowledge level which corresponds to the mental maturity. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.

29/10/2022

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 (𝟮/𝟯)

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂
We support your 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯[1] from changing your mindset to forming habits through three kinds of content.

𝟭. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆
Useful words of when I faced hardship
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2IVHiynt760E7XThqWwIRV807Lw-YpK

𝟮. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲
Cases help you deepen your understanding of the words and imitating cases helps you put the understanding into action.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2IVHiynt74u53M4iKvaHFpip5ho7oWe

𝟯. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁
Repeat the words over and over and give stimuli to your eyes, your ears, and your mouth, and the words will become your own words that you can explain based on your experiences.[2]

This is the way I 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 and that we think was 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

[1] Changing your attitude changes everything.
https://youtu.be/mtHA1Z9nDfM0
[2] Keep your language positive. Your words build your character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Y_fpEhtSs

To be continued.

28/10/2022

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 (𝟭/𝟯)

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 “𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆”
That is 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?
This is because accomplishing something meaningful always involves hardship. And then I several times saw the business people that co-workers around them considered to be smart and admired being unable to display their skills due to a lack of the mindset. This is also the reason why we thought we had to tell you how important the mindset is.

To be continued.

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆
Don’t miss the contents that will be posted from now on. ☘
☛YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU2IVHiynt760E7XThqWwIRV807Lw-YpK
☛Facebook
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20/10/2022

𝗔 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗳𝗲𝗲-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀

One month ago, we mentioned the situation of Tanzanian education and the significance of non-fee-charging schools. Since then, we had been engaged in supporting teaching as a volunteer for a month. During the stay, we had opportunities to talk with teachers in a free school and a public school, which led to recognizing 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲.

The free-of-charge school sometimes brings about 𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻. That also makes it 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. Don’t get us wrong. It is not that free education is not needed. Rather, the opposite. Free education is needed. The reason is as we mentioned in another video. https://youtu.be/RBWpxdHxXmY


Worldpackers Samaritan Volunteers

14/10/2022

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀.

This is a Tanzanian school where public school children gather after school and that an NGO provides non-fee-charging classes. This is because there are many children in inadequate education as the ratio of teachers to students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is one hundred. But, children here don't always have high motivation. We guess that could be related to being non-fee-charging. We will want to mention that to you in another video.

To get back to what we were saying, as soon as we had told the children to study harder if they wanted to pull themselves out of poverty, they changed their expression and their attitude. They looked like another person. It is not that threat is necessary. What we want to say is that it is important to tell them facts, get them to get to recognize where they are, and give them opportunities to alter their point of view. It is meaningless to focus on just providing classes that don't bore children. We don't deny all of them. But, it is certain that that is not the real deal.

Facts might not be as beautiful as you expected like movies. That must be true in many cases. Understanding facts is sure not to be easy like drawing a straight line between good and evil. That must be a zigzag and ragged line. What matters is that the future is only an extension of the line which connects the past and the present. A starting point should be always in the past or facts. That is like the reflection of what was done and respect for it. Children getting to recognize facts leads to changing their expression. Without it, they won't change. They will change their expressions, only if they get to know how ragged the path that they follow is. And then, when they get to recognize the necessity to deal with the difficulty, everything from their attitude to their habit will start changing. Without the recognition, the change never happens. What they have studied and learned only works on an answer sheet on which there is a beautiful solution.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁.
𝗔 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀.

We can't help feeling that fundamentally, education is supposed to be like that: the place to properly tell students not temporary techniques but facts.Escaping from the reality such as information operations or filter bubbles will collapse a society. Needless to say, what supports the bottom of all transactions is trust. Its instability makes all transactions stagnant. The trust can never be built from scratch at the moment. You can gradually get closer to trust only when you reflect on each action you took.
The continuity is the father of trust. The future is only an extension of the line which connects the past and the trust.

Lastly, let me introduce the words that I have been cherishing.

Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.

William James

♫𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.♪
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The school we introduced above: The Samaritan Volunteers
https://www.samaritanvolunteerproject.com


Worldpackers Samaritan Volunteers

24/09/2022

Now we are taking part in an education program in the Samaritan Education Centre and Nursery school that the Samaritan Volunteers NGO runs on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

This is a rewarding opportunity to work on getting rid of an immediate cause of inadequate education that contributes to cycle of poverty.

- Background-
Let us explain the background. (Fig.1)
There is a serious educational problem in Tanzania. Many children can't get an adequate education. There are two main reasons for this.

One reason is that there are children who can’t go to primary school because requirements to enter primary school aren’t met. The main requirement that is not met is about a birth certificate. The parents don't hold a birth certificate that they should have originally got when their baby was born. In addition to that, they tend to discount the need. But, actually, it is not easy for the gov to issue the certificate years after it was born. Sometimes it takes a few years.

The other is due to the scarcity of teachers. The ratio of teachers to students is 1 to 100. This number is crucial to school age children.

The inadequate education produced by the above two produces another parent who don't hold a birth certificate and another children who can't go to primary school. The inadequate education also contributes to poverty. That leads to serious crimes and low income. Serious crimes and low income are interrelated and produce bad cycle of poverty of illiteracy.

Moreover, man-before-women ideology causes the increase of the number of poor single mother households. And then, for single mothers, major home appliances being unintroduced makes it more difficult to earn money. Because the women have to spend most of their time on cooking, doing the laundry, cleaning, and the like.

The chart(Fig.2) tells us that the approach of the Samaritan Volunteers NGO is very meaningful.

-A challenge for the future-
What we feel so far is a challenge for the future is to enlarge the solution. The number of children in their school is less than 100. But, there are be way more children that apparently needs the Samaritan Volunteers NGO. When potential needs are included, the number must skyrocket. But, they don't even have enough resource to give classes for less than 100 children. They have been filling in the gap by volunteers.

Our understanding is based on comments of local people that we actually met in Africa. This is because we put importance on what locals think or what we actually hear and see.
So it is not exhaustive and might be different from your understanding. Feel free to leave a comment.

Samaritan Volunteers
https://www.samaritanvolunteerproject.com/


Worldpackers Samaritan Volunteers

19/09/2022

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Many countries must have habits of getting a meal started with words of gratitude.　
The words children spoke loudly in a nursery school the Samaritan Volunteers NGO runs:
"Thank you, God, for this breakfast.
Now I'm going to eat.
Thank you, aunt.
Thank you, teacher.
Thank you, mummy.
Thank you, daddy.
Amen."

Their cheerful voice reminded us that the voice expressing gratitude cannot be too loud.
And then the following words crossed our minds.

For good times and bad times, keep your language positive.
Your words build your character.

This is because you think with your brain, choose words, and speak them and the opposite is true. You recognize your own words with your ears, and they give your brain stimuli. The words you speak are the most crucial element to stimulate your brain.

https://youtu.be/Pz1MBmJ1tcA
We hope this video helps what we mean to be understood by you.

19/09/2022

Many countries must have habits of getting a meal started with words of gratitude.　
The words children spoke loudly in a nursery school the Samaritan Volunteers NGO runs:
"Thank you, God, for this breakfast.
Now I'm going to eat.
Thank you, aunt.
Thank you, teacher.
Thank you, mummy.
Thank you, daddy.
Amen."

Their cheerful voice reminded us that the voice expressing gratitude cannot be too loud.
And then the following words crossed our minds.

For good times and bad times, keep your language positive.
Your words build your character.

This is because you think with your brain, choose words, and speak them and the opposite is true. You recognize your own words with your ears, and they give your brain stimuli. The words you speak are the most crucial element to stimulate your brain.

We will share a video on Youtube when it is uploaded.
We hope this video helps what we mean to be understood by you.

14/09/2022

Our thoughts we put on the logo

Walk with our own feet, See it with our own eyes, and Feel it as it is.

The internet enables us to get access to information from all over the world, while infobesity makes us feel even more difficulties in knowing what is actually going on. This is because the enormous volume of information not only easily goes viral but also includes information that deliberately makes people lean left or right. Anyone can't make the right decision unless they know the facts. So we do want to share things that we have seen with our own eyes even if they are just a part of the infobesity.

And then, our life that gets more comfortable as technology gets more advanced has unknowingly induced us to be more dependent on something than necessary, while the joy of walking with our own feet and seeing it with our own eyes has been overlooked. In my childhood, I would explore for beetles and stag beetles the places that weren't on the map and didn't even have trails. The joy of catching them with my own hands taught me what the joy of life was. It was a meaningful time regardless of whether I could catch
them or not. As a matter of fact, I would keep looking for the black diamonds enjoying the wonderful time even when the days when I couldn't catch any ones continued in a row.


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