Kerry Hamill Remains in Uganda, Continues Work with Vulnerable Children

ising junior Kerry Hamill of the Yale women’s lacrosse team is in Africa this summer on an international service trip coaching lacrosse and working with vulnerable children in Uganda. She and Mara Trionfero, a drug and alcohol counselor at Notre Dame, are working with Fields of Growth, a non-profit organization, and blogging about their experiences.The two were both watching the World Cup in Jinja, a town on the source of the Nile River, when the bombs went off during the recent terrorist attack. Their safety has been confirmed, and they will remain in Uganda to continue their work.

The two are staying in Uganda and Fields of Growth has sent four more volunteers, including two college lacrosse players; Jake Brems (Notre Dame ’12) and Joel Derechinsky  (Gordon College ’10). Fields of Growth has altered their itinerary so they avoid the capital city of Kampala and head straight to the remote village of Kkindu, away from the population centers in and around Kampala.

Fields of Growth country coordinator Brown Mwebembezi lives in Kampala and has reported that things have quieted down and people are back to work. After Hamill and Trionfero welcome the new volunteers they will head back to the village for a couple days of lacrosse before moving on to Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest in Southwest Uganda to participate in a homebuilding project, while also going on safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Below is an updated blog entry that they sent two days before the bombs went off.

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