U.S. Support Team
Devin Gillespie, Administrative Assistant
Devin Gillespie is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University where she studied International Organization and Globalization. She was attracted to the Uganda Rural Fund because of its dedication to creating programs designed to empower rural Ugandans to build their own lasting and self sustaining solutions to problems like economic weakness, infrastructure, education and health care.
Devin hopes to one day work for an international NGO and believes that volunteering for the Uganda Rural Fund will provide her with invaluable insight and work experience.
Jenifer Macdonald, Medical Programs Resources Coordinator
While earning her B.A. in biology at the College of St. Benedict, Jen Macdonald helped to institute a novel study-abroad initiative. With John Mary Lugemwa, OSB at the helm, she co-led a group of fellow college students to Uganda in 2005; this proved to be the inciting event for the founding of URF. She will graduate from the University of Minnesota Medical School this year, and plans to devote her career to the world’s underserved, both in the United States and abroad. For the students and communities served by URF’s Hope Academy, she hopes to mobilize medical resources and help sustain a medical clinic that will impact both health and quality of life in the surrounding rural area of Masaka, Uganda.
“I have never encountered anything so poignantly beautiful as the strength and vitality of my African friends in the face of extreme poverty and adversity. Uganda is a place of great hope, and the spirit of the people resounds with a fervor for life so compelling that I am forever changed by it.”
Graham Myers, Summer Administrative Intern
Graham Myers was raised in Richmond, VA. Graham received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA in 2008. After working for a year in the professional world as an Office Manager for the organization, America Votes, he began working towards his MA degree in International Administration at the Josef Korbel School for International Studies in Denver, CO.
His future career goal is to manage a non-profit NGO and believes interning for Uganda Rural Fund is an excellent opportunity to learn the practical knowledge of non-profit management.
Katherine Krudys, 2010 Summer Intern
Katherine is currently a rising junior in a local Richmond high school. She became interested in the Uganda Rural Fund because she wanted to do something that would help another part of the world while still volunteering in Richmond, VA. She was drawn to the Uganda Rural Fund because of how URF works to help Uganda help itself. With a school, various programs, and aspirations for medical clinic URF has been effective in an area of much needed intervention. She hopes interning will be a valuable experience that will help her learn about Uganda and how nonprofits work while at the same time she hopes her work in the United States will make a difference in Uganda.
Harrison Gill was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He has recently graduated from Mills E. Godwin High School in 2010 where he received an advanced diploma. In the fall Harrison will be attending East Carolina University where he plans on majoring in Psychology. Some of his future goals include studying abroad while in college and joining the Peace Corps after school. Harrison believes interning for Uganda Rural Fund is an enlightening experience and also a productive way to spend his summer.