缅北强奸

Funeral to held in the UK on Sept. 5; Montreal memorial at 缅北强奸 on Sept. 16

A funeral for Dr. Jackie Kirk 鈥� a 缅北强奸 professor and international aid worker who was slain by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Aug. 13 鈥� will take place Friday, Sept. 5, in St. Andrew鈥檚 Church, Norton, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, at approximately 1 p.m. local time. Family, friends and colleagues are all welcome to attend, but members of the press are respectfully requested to remain outside the church.

A separate memorial ceremony will be held in Montreal, Quebec, at 缅北强奸鈥檚 Redpath Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 3 p.m. local time. The public is welcome to attend this ceremony, but space will be limited.

The heartbreaking story is well known. On Aug. 13, gunmen opened fire on a pair of SUVs driving in Afghanistan鈥檚 Logar province, southeast of Kabul. They killed three unarmed aid workers and a driver from the New York-based International Rescue Committee (IRC). Dr. Kirk, who had just been appointed Adjunct Professor in 缅北强奸鈥檚 Faculty of Education, was one of the IRC workers who died in the attack, along with her colleagues Nicole Dial, Shirley Case and Mohammad Aimal. The Taliban quickly claimed they were responsible.

鈥淭his is truly tragic. Jackie was engaged in important work trying to improve the lives of people in Afghanistan, which was closely tied to her research on women鈥檚 access to education in developing countries,鈥� said 缅北强奸 Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum at the time of the tragedy in August.

Dr. Kirk is survived by her husband Andrew, an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 缅北强奸鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering, and Director of the 缅北强奸 Institute for Advanced Materials.

鈥淧lease do not send flowers, but donations will be greatly appreciated,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e have created a new fund at 缅北强奸, the Jackie Kirk Memorial Fund, which will be used to support activities related to her work, such as scholarships for students from developing or conflict-affected countries. The IRC has also created a memorial fund to commemorate Jackie, Shirley, Nicole and Mohammed, which will go directly to supporting the education programs on the ground that Jackie worked so hard for.鈥�

To make a donation:

Jackie Kirk Memorial Fund
c/o Katie Whitehead, DAR Officer
Faculty of Education
缅北强奸
3700 McTavish, Room 210
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3A 1Y2

Cheques should be made payable to 缅北强奸, with 鈥淛ackie Kirk Fund鈥� in the memo.

The Special Memorial Fund
International Rescue Committee
122 E. 42nd Street New York,
NY 10168-1289
USA

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