Podcast 98 – Meghan Markle & Prince Harry urge humanitarian responses to crises in Afghanistan & Haiti

In carefully worded statements in which Meghan and Harry are clearly trying to avoid saying anything that might be construed as been overly political,  the couple have provided information on non-profit organizations who we might donate to if we are feeling the need to do something to assist the people in Afghanistan and Haiti.

In their statements posted to their https://archewell.com/ website, Meghan and Harry describe how the situation in Afghanistan is leaving us speechless and how the growing humanitarian disaster in Haiti leaves us feeling heartbroken. 

Meghan and Harry encourage us to support a number of organizations doing critical work in these regions. They have posted a list of organizations for us to consider supporting,  two of whom they already work with,  being the World Central Kitchen who are back in Haiti helping out after the recent earthquake and Prince Harry’s Invictus Games Foundation who have urged Afghanistan war veterans around the World to reach out to each other in support.

Meghan and Harry are the first UK Royals to issue any sort of statement about the situation in Afghanistan.  They avoid giving any direct opinion on whether the decision to pull out US and other troops from the country is a good or bad move. 

What Meghan and Harry do say is the following:  “Archewell is committed to putting our values into action and we hope to do what we can to meet the moment by offering support to the military community and the troops who served in Afghanistan, as well as to the Afghan people facing violence and terror.”

Meghan and Harry are on politically safer grounds when it comes to offering support to the people of Haiti. No one should criticize Meghan and Harry for wanting to offer support to NGO’s helping the Haitians following the most recent natural disaster there. The Queen has also issued a statement of sympathy to the people of Haiti with the Queen saying that she was deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and destruction caused by the recent earthquake.

Meghan and Harry say in their statements that they recognize that many of us may feel helpless right now,  but we should have faith in the power of shared purpose, action, and commitment to our collective well-being. In other words, if we all chip in a few dollars together we can have a meaningful impact.

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Show written and produced by Jeanette Songolo.

Please keep listening for future podcasts on all things Meghan, Harry, Archie and Lili and in the meantime watch out for other posts on all things Sussex on my blog at https://www.kindthoughtsformeghanmarkle.com/