SIX SOS GULU CHILDREN VISIT TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Six SOS Gulu children were among the lucky few children selected to participate in a student exchange visit programme between Uganda and Trinidad & Tobago. A team of 19 SOS children composed of 6 children from SOS Gulu, 6 from SOS Kakiri and 7 from SOS Entebbe left for Trinidad & Tobago, accompanied by 3 SOS co-workers. They travelled in three groups on 10th, 12th and 14th August for a one month-visit. Prior to their departure, they were involved in a series of trainings especially in music, dance and drama.

While in Trinidad they visited various cultural sites, factories, big government people and many other good places. The small boys and girls were treated like VIPs and they really liked the place. They had the best exposure SOS children in Uganda have ever had. They had a chance to visit big cities and busy airports like Dubai, Brussels and New York. They sat for the first time in very big and aeroplanes. They made friends and each of them came back with small notebooks full of email addresses of their friends, with business cards of responsible people they came across.

The children are changed and will never be the same. Their perception towards life is now quite different. They are so happy and appreciative to us for having selected them. When they returned on 17th September, everybody was so excited to see them especially their mothers and fellow children. They had several days of storytelling to their colleagues. The stories are quite many and I wish to ask them to write them down for our Blog readers to read.