Sentebale #5

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As I finished the last one.

Thank you for sharing this. I'm heartbroken for those kids and all the broken promises they have received.

That final statement from Sentebale sounded like the sort of word salad full of left wing buzz words we have come to expect from those who like to talk, but never follow through with any action. I also imagine they are subject to having to box tick the sort of special interests that potential funders want their recipients to be focussing on - hence the switch to tackling climate change rather than the more mundane goals of providing a decent life, education and a future for orphaned children - who don't have time to wait for that particular holy grail to be discovered. Looks like Sentebale is, with its regal founders and polo toff supporters, what they call around these parts, "all fur coat and no knickers".

The broken promises are worrying, plus the 'white saviours' on large salaries. Even more worrying that they publicly identified a child as a victim of rape, with a complete disregard for her privacy.

However, to be fair a charity that 'supports children affected by HIV' can't necessarily support every child affected, nor are they obliged to provide a specific type of support e.g. food. And you have to balance what is provided with the risk of creating dependency.

Yet another charity that is lining its own pockets and producing publicity shots that bear no relation to reality. So disappointing and I feel so sad for the people who are being let down.

Oh wow. I have just listened to some of Meghan's 2nd podcast with Reshma Saurjani founder of the non-profit "Girls Who Code".
At about 22 mins in, Meghan references a quote from Reshma .
"You have this quote I love leaders cannot or should not stay in organisations for ever. You can't stay innovative if you have the same person leading the movement for ever"

Reshma then explains how she thinks 8 years is the max and talks about letting go of her ego and loss of power when she stepped away from "Girls Who Code" the charity she founded and put her heart and soul into.

I'm guessing this was recorded before the Sentebale fallout. But my god, Meghan, take what you've learned and help Harry to be more like Reshma!!

I’ve just seen this Telegraph article. Sorry I know it’s behind a paywall but I can’t seem to archive these articles. Can anyone help? Basically. Prince Seeiso’s brother says that he is disappointed that Harry hasn’t visited Lesotho much since he got married as he seems to have “lost interest”

See here

This one was working earlier for me
https://archive.ph/f2UHq

Prince Seeiso's brother says that Harry lost interest in Sentebale after he got married - previously he had made approx a trip per year.

It also reveals that one of the new trustees - Dr Margaret Ikpoh a GP has already been hounded out of Sentebale by the Sussex Squad :
Dr Margaret Ikpoh, an East Yorkshire-based GP, was named a trustee last month following the mass resignations of Prince Harry and the board.
However, she stepped down earlier this month in the wake of intense scrutiny prompted by the bitter boardroom row.
A Sentebale spokesman said: “This is a particularly difficult time to have joined the organisation, given the unexpected sustained and intrusive media attention.
“She has chosen to step down out of respect for her family and other professional commitments, which we fully understand, respect and support. We deeply appreciate her interest in Sentebale over a long period of time and look forward to staying in touch.”

Thanks @Lunde. I don’t know why I can’t archive them anymore 😆

That's all very messy isn't it 😬

All very sad.

I couldn't archive anything on Tuesday - all I got was pages of computer code. Maybe a glitch or too many archiving?

For someone who supposedly wanted to live there , he really hasn’t shown much interest in the continent since his marriage has he ?

Question is was Harry's supposed fondness for Africa real or just a construct for PR purposes.

I never really saw him as someone doing good work digging wells or getting down and dirty every day tagging rhinos and fiximg fences, etc .etc, but I can imagine him wanting to watch someone do those sorts of things for him.

I wouldn't have expected him to, Mylovelygreendress. The issues in Africa hardly mesh with the glitter of LA unless it's a case of PR pics, and since LA is clearly what Meghan wanted there was probably no competition

Shame for the charities, but that's the risk they took in having someone as toxic as Harrry as figurehead

I imagine that Harry did very much like his times in Africa when he was a young man and it maybe fulfilled his need to be someone. However he has ended up with a wife who was not of the same mind. She may have gone off on a luxury glamping trip in Africa but it's the opposite of what she seems to value hence why his involvement has dwindled.

Didn’t she show how in tune with Africa she was by weeing in a bush? 🙄😆

This camping ? https://www.vogue.com/article/botswana-safari-camp-meno-a-kwena#:~:text=He%20chose%20to%20bring%20Markle,obvious%20choice%20for%20a%20Prince.

This one - very basic ...

I'd agree he quite possibly did like Africa when he was parachuted in as a feted guest to maybe help out and do good deeds for a for a time.

Of course the reality of actually living somewhere maybe slightly remote full time, organise all the niff naff , trivia and also put in some graft is another matter..and I'm not sure Harry is a "grafting' person....wrr...that's graft with an "a" 🤐

I guess with his money if he had really wanted to he could have bought property (maybe a ranch) and employed a team, including a manager, to actually do the work...leaving him free to enjoy the sunsets or something...for whatever reason he chose not to do so.

I know it’s 5 years old but an interesting read .
www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a27257351/prince-harry-africa-move-not-surprising/

I think it was a sort of romanticism of being like his mother

But a sort of idealised "I can sit and look at elephants all day" or "I can open a charity project for children, pose for photos and wave at the happy people as I go past in my Range Rover to catch my helicopter".

Abstract idea but not thought through about how it would be achieved more of a childlike wish. It seems Meghan played along while they were dating but after marriage convinced him that LA was the dream

I think it's interesting that Seeiso's brother is speaking out against Harry's lack of commitment - would he do this without approval?

Well I guess, that depends on his relationship with his brother. Harry definitely isn’t getting his brother’s approval before speaking!

This is a very insightful comment and you've hit the nail on the head throughout.

Everything we have learned about Harry since Megxit (his paranoia, crippling jealousy of his brother and sense of victimhood) strongly suggests to me that Harry's 'love of Africa' was always mostly love of travelling and being treated like a god by those he met - classic white saviourism. I have no doubt he also wanted to do good and saw it as 'his continent' where he could make a difference but mostly get support and adoration in a place with which William was not associated.

The clue is in the oft-used phrase (oft used by the media because it was fed them by the Palace): 'Harry's love of Africa'. Africa is a vast continent with many different countries which really have little in common with each other culturally, economically, religiously or geographically. Plus, it's still heavily tribal, with lots of tribal conflict. It's not an undifferentiated, amorphous hugbox for a publicity hungry prince.

Before Megxit I think the British in general were willing to overlook this because we were bought into the Palace created myth of Harry the big hearted cheeky chappy. But since 2020, the conversation about 'Africa' has changed a lot. Self-determination is the buzzword; not passively accepting help. Plus, tbh, China is pumping so much money into African countries' infrastructure and industry - the leading countries of the continent are increasingly facing east, not west.

If you run Malawi, say, which would you rather: Europeans bringing handouts and urging you to do subsistence farming (a miserable existence) in an ecologically sustainable way because CLIMATE CHANGE - or a Chinese PE firm offering you $billions to build a few massive fuck off mines and factories and make your people rich?

Yeah. Not a contest really. Malawi, and many other countries, have made their choice and they've chosen Beijing, not London or Paris. Harry's caught on the horns of a huge shift in the orientation of the countries of Africa. He's not dealing with it well, and I have no doubt that any investigation the Charity Comm does will also eventually show some funny business with diversion of funds to the H&M's own public reputation burnishing.

The SS effect on the new trustee resignation?

Not surprised about American Friends. If registered in Delaware, they can spend 95 percent on admin.