Courtesy Trent Fuenmayor ’12
Courtesy Trent Fuenmayor ’12
Trent Fuenmayor ’12 Assistant director of the Irene Gleeson Foundation, an NGO in Kitgum, Uganda, which enrolls more than 7,000 children in its schools.
DUTIES: Fuenmayor oversees the organization’s schools and hospice and handles fundraising, media relations, and board-level communication.
BEST PART: The kids, many of whom are orphans. He plays volleyball and soccer with them. “They started to call me ‘father.’”
IMPACT: Many students have been affected by war, but some are studying to be nurses, doctors, teachers, or business people. “That’s what keeps you going.”