Prince Harryis shining a light on the millions of people and animals in Africa whose water source is at risk.
The royal dad made a surprise appearance last week to co-host a fundraising event for National Geographic’s documentaryInto the Okavango.The film details the vulnerability of the Okavango Delta and source rivers in Angola, which are the primary water source for a million people as well as the world’s largest remaining elephant population.
In aposton the@SussexRoyal Instagram pageshared Thursday, Harry is seen with a microphone talking to an audience about the issue.
“Millions of people, food security and regional power generation are dependent on these free-flowing rivers,” he said. “Threats such as uncontrolled fires, the bushmeat trade, unsustainable harvesting of the forest and rapid biodiversity loss are already destroying this incredible and delicate landscape.”
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In addition,Meghan Markleand Prince Harry have traveled to Africa together several times. They visited Botswana early in their relationship in the summer of 2016 and again to celebrate Meghan’s 36th birthday in 2017.
They shared a never-before-seenphoto of their 2017 trip on their new Instagram account, which showed them assisting with conversation efforts with elephants.
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source: people.com
