Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Launch Multi-Year Partnership with Procter & Gamble
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are continuing to expand their charitable work through their Archewell Foundation. The pair recently announced a multi-year, global partnership between Archewell and Procter & Gamble. According to the foundation's website, the collaboration will focus on "gender equality, more inclusive online spaces, and resilience and impact through sport."
The Archewell Foundation just worked with P&G on Global Citizen’s VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World, a televised concert event. The benefit worked to inspire confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines and, according to Archewell, raised more than $300 million for greater global access to the vaccines.
Of the three areas of focus, gender equality seems to be the priority at the moment. P&G will join on Archewell's existing work with organizations like Girls Inc. and the National Women’s Law Center. "The partnership will elevate the voices of adolescent girls to ensure their point of view and lived experience is heard at the tables where decisions are made," the Archewell site noted.
P&G also joined the Sussexes in their Mother's Day charitable donation. The organization helped support Harvest Home, a homeless shelter specifically for expectant mothers in Los Angeles County.
As for the commitment to inclusive online spaces, Archewell and P&G are "undertaking a joint effort in support of building a better online environment that unlocks positive, compassionate, and creative spaces." This focus reaffirms the Duke and Duchess's longtime stance against harassment and misinformation. Last year, Prince Harry spoke about these themes in his Time100 speech.
"As we approach this November, it's vital that we reject hate speech, misinformation, and online negativity," he said. "What we consume, what we are exposed to, and what we engage with online, has a real effect on all of us."
Finally, Prince Harry spent much of his time as a working royal advocating for the power of sports. The Duke founded the Invictus Games, which is an international adaptive sport competition for wounded servicemen, women, and veterans. P&G, too, has sponsored paralympic athletes. This component of the partnership will "leverage the platform of Para sport to increase visibility and inclusivity."
Overall, according to Archewell, this collaboration "is focused on doing more (and doing better, together) for communities, for equality, and for our global collective wellbeing—one compassionate act at a time."
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