There was excitement and anxiety on 26 August when a soccer team composed of
16 SOS Gulu children took their seats in the project vehicle for a 5-day soccer gala in SOS Children’s Village Kakiri, in which five teams participated. The over 350km journey was interesting though tiresome to most children who were traveling for the first time in their lives Soon they were at SOS Children’s Village Kakiri, where they were warmly received by the happy children, mothers and administration staff. Later the children were received in differe
nt family houses.
On the first day of the soccer gala, SOS Gulu soccer team played two matches before a capacity crowd, beating SOS Kakiri girls 4-1 and was held to a 1-1 draw by Kakiri Academy. In the games played on the second day, SOS Gulu lost to the host SOS Kakiri by 2-0 but fought tooth and nail not to lose the match with SOS Kakiri B, which ended in a 1-1 draw. The greatest surprise for the Gulu team came on the third day, when the participating teams had to tussle it out in unconventional games like tug of war, egg and spoon, sack race, oranges squabble and skipping. The SOS Gulu team was drawn against the exciting SOS Kakiri girls in the tug of war game. This brought smiles to the SOS Gulu boys hoping to have an easy ride, going by the natural supremacy boys enjoy over girls when it comes to strength. They were disproved when the girls dragged the boys passed the score lin
e, leaving the boys in total confusion and blaming one another for lack of commitment and concentration.
On the fourth day the SOS Gulu team beat Kakiri Community team by 5-3 on penalty shoot-out. The occasion was crowned by awarding of trophies to the participating teams. SOS Gulu soccer team receiv
ed a trophy for being the most upcoming soccer team in 2007. Later the participants and the entire SOS village settled for a goat roasting while dancing to bid farewell to the Gulu team.
On Friday 31 August 2007, the team set off for Gulu and the birds felt relieved after 5 days of unrest caused by the adventurous Gulu boys, who were practicing their unique bird hunting and causing disarray in their community. It was also a surprise and happiness to the Kakiri children to see the Gulu boys enjoying the roasted birds, which are not edible in their community.
The trip was very successful. The team was exposed to the environment outside Gulu in an attempt to build their confidence. The team greatly benefited from many good practices learnt while in Kakiri. They made friends and had many stories to narrate to their colleagues back home.
by Frederick Odoch
16 SOS Gulu children took their seats in the project vehicle for a 5-day soccer gala in SOS Children’s Village Kakiri, in which five teams participated. The over 350km journey was interesting though tiresome to most children who were traveling for the first time in their lives Soon they were at SOS Children’s Village Kakiri, where they were warmly received by the happy children, mothers and administration staff. Later the children were received in differe
nt family houses.On the first day of the soccer gala, SOS Gulu soccer team played two matches before a capacity crowd, beating SOS Kakiri girls 4-1 and was held to a 1-1 draw by Kakiri Academy. In the games played on the second day, SOS Gulu lost to the host SOS Kakiri by 2-0 but fought tooth and nail not to lose the match with SOS Kakiri B, which ended in a 1-1 draw. The greatest surprise for the Gulu team came on the third day, when the participating teams had to tussle it out in unconventional games like tug of war, egg and spoon, sack race, oranges squabble and skipping. The SOS Gulu team was drawn against the exciting SOS Kakiri girls in the tug of war game. This brought smiles to the SOS Gulu boys hoping to have an easy ride, going by the natural supremacy boys enjoy over girls when it comes to strength. They were disproved when the girls dragged the boys passed the score lin
e, leaving the boys in total confusion and blaming one another for lack of commitment and concentration.On the fourth day the SOS Gulu team beat Kakiri Community team by 5-3 on penalty shoot-out. The occasion was crowned by awarding of trophies to the participating teams. SOS Gulu soccer team receiv
ed a trophy for being the most upcoming soccer team in 2007. Later the participants and the entire SOS village settled for a goat roasting while dancing to bid farewell to the Gulu team.On Friday 31 August 2007, the team set off for Gulu and the birds felt relieved after 5 days of unrest caused by the adventurous Gulu boys, who were practicing their unique bird hunting and causing disarray in their community. It was also a surprise and happiness to the Kakiri children to see the Gulu boys enjoying the roasted birds, which are not edible in their community.
The trip was very successful. The team was exposed to the environment outside Gulu in an attempt to build their confidence. The team greatly benefited from many good practices learnt while in Kakiri. They made friends and had many stories to narrate to their colleagues back home.
by Frederick Odoch
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