March 6 2006

SOS Children's Village Arusha receives a Royal Visitor

06/03/2006 - On 23 February the children of the SOS Children's Village Arusha were delighted to receive a very special guest, HRH Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Maria Teresa. The Grand Duchess who has been patron of SOS Luxembourg since March 2005 was on a private visit to Tanzania with members of her own family when she made time to visit the SOS family in Arusha.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and her husband, Grand Duc Henri, dressed on Masai attire - Photo: SOS Archives

The Grand Duchess gives a Christian medal to a boy in the village to celebrate his First Communion - Photo: H. Atkins

The Grand Duchess and her family with her larger SOS family - Photo: H. Atkins