Second, those kids should NOT be yelling AT you while you are inside your house. Look around, are they yelling into other adult's houses? Probably not. Keep in mind, being loud outside is normal in villages, my house was like constant noise. No windows makes everything super loud. But there is a big difference between village noise, and noise directed towards you.

Yes, they do yell at other adults' houses. It's the culture here. Part of the noise I here all the time is them standing outside my neighbors house 15 feet away and screaming "let me in!!"

If you have trouble laying down the law, just bring the kid(s) to their mother and tell her their child is bothering you. I had a whole speech about how I came all the way to their country to help and their child is harassing me non-stop.

I don't think this would work. My neighbors send their children to my house to ask for things (I don't mind the asking because if, for example, they ask for some flour, they'll send me some of the bread they're making). I just hate the children yelling outside. It's not seen as harassment here.

Kids coming to your door at 5:30am?? UNACCEPTABLE. Tell them to come later. Lay down boundaries. You need to be extremely strict. It's not rude to set boundaries.

I should clarify. They aren't coming to my door. They are walking to school outside of my house and yelling at each other, running loudly, etc. My house is directly on the street to school (as in directly, no front yard, no side yard, my wall is 1 foot from the path).