Duke of Sussex Marks Milestone with Support for Young Survivors
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have unveiled a new initiative aimed at protecting children living in conflict and disaster zones. The couple shared a joint message announcing three significant grants designed to support medical care, humanitarian aid, and long-term recovery efforts for young survivors.
Harry is currently in the UK, where he is attending several engagements linked to the patronages he has continued to champion since stepping back as a senior working royal. On Wednesday, he visited the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London to learn about the latest work being done to treat children injured in war-torn regions. Following the visit, he met his father King Charles III for a private 55-minute meeting over tea at Clarence House.
Soon after, the Sussex office confirmed that Meghan had joined Harry through their Archewell Foundation to provide substantial funding to three key organisations. One grant will go to the Centre for Blast Injury Studies to develop prosthetics for children in Gaza and Ukraine. Another will support the World Health Organization as it launches a new fundraising campaign to fund medical evacuations from Gaza to Jordan. The third will go to Save the Children to deliver ongoing humanitarian relief in Gaza.
Harry noted that helping children recover from blast injuries requires “partnerships across government, science, medicine, humanitarian response and advocacy,” and pointed out that the current conflict has created the highest density of child amputees in the world. The couple are said to have been moved to act out of empathy as parents.
This announcement comes shortly after Harry made a record-breaking personal donation of around £1.1 million ($1.5 million) to a Nottingham-based charity — the largest individual gift ever made by a royal family member to the organisation.
