SOS Gulu children welcome German President

It was an exciting moment for the SOS Gulu children and the staff who accompanied them to the Gulu airfield on 5 February 2008 to welcome His Excellency the President of Germany, Horst Koehler. When the plane landed at about 10.00am, 30 SOS children received him while waving both German and Ugandan flags and dancing a traditional royal dance called Bwola. The president came out of the plane and was received by Gulu district officials. One of the SOS girls then presented a bouquet of flowers to the German President. He was led to where the children were performing and stayed there for approximately 3 minutes while waving excitedly to them. He was then led to the official vehicle and proceeded to Bomah Hotel, Gulu University and Coo-pe IDP camp (Internally Displaced Persons Camp), where he presided over several functions.

Later in the day, at about 4.00 pm, the SOS children once again bid farewell to him at the airfield with the same Bwola dance, before his return to Kampala. At that moment, the president joined them and danced to the excitement of all the children and other guests.,