CHARITY WORKER'S BUS SMASH HORROR.Byline: MAURICE FITZMAURICE A MUM-of-three injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in a bus smash while on a mission to build homes for people in Kenya has needed emergency surgery, it emerged yesterday. Mary Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. , 61, suffered serious injuries including cuts to her face when the vehicle she was on crashed on the way to a building project. The veteran charity worker from Rostrevor, Co Down, was one of a team of 13 people who went to Kenya last week with the Habitat For Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. charity. Five other volunteers were hurt in the smash in the country's Kathiani region but are expected to be released from hospital in the coming days. Ms Morgan's children Niamh, Ronan and Aislinn have flown out to the capital Nairobi to be with her. Her sister Ann yesterday said: "Mary is the kind of person who always puts the needs of others before herself. "The thoughts and prayers of our extended family and of the whole community are with Mary." The volunteers were only on the second day of their trip when the crash happened on Tuesday. It is believed the bus hit another vehicle before rolling down rolling down The liquidation of an option position by an investor at the same time that he or she takes an essentially identical position with a lower strike price. an embankment. Habitat chief Peter Farquharson said: "We understand Mary is stable. She has soft tissue injuries and is being treated in a private hospital." The charity said Mary is a "tireless charity worker who has partnered with Habitat on five previous Global Village trips" and that she also works locally as a volunteer with other organisations. CAPTION(S): DEDICATED Habitat worker Mary Morgan |
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