Linda Norgrove
From a remote part of Britain to remote parts of Afghanistan, Linda Norgrove travelled many miles and affected the lives of many people. She devoted her working life to helping improve the lives of others, especially in Afghanistan. Growing up on a croft in Uig on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, Linda appreciated from an early age what rural agricultural life was all about.
Linda Norgove
Linda was kidnapped in Kunar on 26 September 2010 and died in an attempted rescue by US forces on 8 October. She was 36. However, Linda is not defined by the tragic circumstances of her death but by the life she lived and the choices she made.
Linda chose to live a life that matters. She was a highly qualified and dedicated environmental expert. She began her studies in Tropical Environmental Science at the University of Aberdeen, latterly graduating with a PhD from the University of Manchester. It was her rare and precious gift of empathy with all people no matter their condition, culture or beliefs, that was her driving force.
Linda was regional director for DAI (Development Alternatives Inc) in Jalalabad where she oversaw a USAID (United States Agency for International Development) project designed to create jobs and strengthen local Afghan leadership and economies in unstable and vulnerable areas. The effects of her work are still being felt today.
Linda taught herself to speak Dari, an Afghan version of Persian, to help her establish proper relationships with her Afghan staff and the local communities she visited and worked in. This was clearly a key factor in the success of her work.
Her ethos lives on in the Foundation established in her name by her parents John and Lorna Norgrove. The Linda Norgrove Foundation gives grants to small grass-roots projects supporting women and children affected by the war in Afghanistan.
The 麻豆社 is grateful to Rachel Wade from the Linda Norgrove Foundation for writing this biography.
Linda Norgrove
Bho iomall Bhreatainn gu p脿irtean iomallach de dh鈥橝fghanastan, shiubhail Linda Norgrove iomadh m矛le agus thug i buaidh air iomadh duine. Chosg i a beatha-obrach a鈥� leasachadh beathannan dhaoine eile, gu s貌nraichte ann an Afghanastan. Thogadh i air croit ann an 脵ig air taobh siar Eilean Le貌dhais ann an Alba. Bho h-貌ige, bha tuigse aice air c貌 ris a bha beatha-脿iteachais coltach.
Chaidh Linda a thoirt am bruid ann an Kunar air 26 An t-Sultain 2010 agus bh脿saich i fhad 鈥榮 a bha an t-airm Ameireaganach a鈥� feuchainn ri a s脿bhaladh air 8 D脿mhair. Bha i 36. Ach, chan e an d貌igh san do bh脿saich Linda as cudromaiche, ach a d貌igh-beatha agus na roghainnean a thagh i.
Thagh Linda beatha neo-fh猫ineil. Bha i foghlamaichte agus na e貌laiche-脿rainneachd. Rinn i Saidheans 脌rainneachd Thropaigeach aig Oilthigh Obar Dheathain agus, an d猫idh sin, cheumnaich i o Oilthigh Manchester le PhD. Bha co-fhaireachdainn aice leis a h-uile duine, ge bith d猫 an suidheachadh pearsanta a bh鈥� aca 鈥� bha a bhith gan cuideachadh a鈥� toirt spionnadh dhi.
Bha Linda na sti霉iriche roinneil airson an DAI (Development Alternatives Inc) ann an Jalalabad far an robh i a鈥� cumail smachd air pr貌iseact USAID (United States Agency for International Development). B鈥� e amasan na proiseict obraichean a chruthachadh agus ceannas ionadail is eaconamaidhean ann an sg矛rean cugallach a leasachadh. Tha buaidh a h-obrach fhathast follaiseach san l脿 an-diugh.
Dh鈥檌onnsaich Linda Dari, beul-chainnt Afghanach den ch脿nan Persian. Bha seo cudromach airson ceanglaichean a leasachadh le a co-obraichean Afghanach agus na coimhearsnachdan ionadail san robh i ag obair. Tha fhios gun d鈥� thug seo buaidh air mar a shoirbhich leatha.
Tha feallsanachd Linda fhathast be貌 tro charthannas a chaidh a st猫idheachadh le a p脿rantan, John agus Linda. Tha an Linda Norgrove Foundation a鈥� toirt taic-airgid do phr貌iseactan ionadail a tha a鈥� cuideachadh bhoireannaich is chlann air an d鈥� thug cogadh Afghanastan buaidh.
Le taing do Rachel Wade bhon Linda Norgrove Foundation.
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