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Meghan and Harry meet surfing mentors on Cape Town youth project | Meghan and Harry meet surfing mentors on Cape Town youth project |
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have visited a beach in Cape Town to learn about a project helping vulnerable young people with their mental health. | The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have visited a beach in Cape Town to learn about a project helping vulnerable young people with their mental health. |
The couple met surfing mentors at Monwabisi Beach to hear about the work of the NGO Waves for Change. | The couple met surfing mentors at Monwabisi Beach to hear about the work of the NGO Waves for Change. |
Harry and Meghan also learned about the non-profit Lunchbox Fund, which benefited from public donations after the birth of their son Archie. | Harry and Meghan also learned about the non-profit Lunchbox Fund, which benefited from public donations after the birth of their son Archie. |
The baby is with his parents in South Africa for his first official tour. | The baby is with his parents in South Africa for his first official tour. |
Waves for Change offers a mix of mind and body therapy as part of a child-friendly mental health service for vulnerable young people. | Waves for Change offers a mix of mind and body therapy as part of a child-friendly mental health service for vulnerable young people. |
The Lunchbox Fund provides nearly 30,000 meals a day to schools and children on the Waves for Change programme. | The Lunchbox Fund provides nearly 30,000 meals a day to schools and children on the Waves for Change programme. |
Asked about tackling the stigma around mental health, Meghan said: "It's just getting people to talk about it and talk to each other, right? | |
"And you see that no matter where you are in the world, if you're a small community or a township, if you're in a big city - it's that everyone is dealing with a different version of the same thing." | |
Prince Harry added: "Everyone has experienced trauma or likely to experience trauma at some point during their lives. | |
"We need to try, not eradicate it, but to learn from previous generations so there's not a perpetual cycle." | |
He said a whole generation of children that had "no role models at all" was now being given an opportunity by mental health workers. | |
Harry will travel by boat to Seal Island in False Bay, to learn about efforts in combating poaching of the rare sea snail abalone. | |
Stocks of abalone - which are highly prized by restaurants in China - are critically low. | Stocks of abalone - which are highly prized by restaurants in China - are critically low. |
The duke and duchess will also meet faith leaders on a visit the country's oldest mosque, the Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. | The duke and duchess will also meet faith leaders on a visit the country's oldest mosque, the Auwal Mosque in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. |
They will end the day meeting young people and community leaders at the city's residence of the British High Commissioner. | They will end the day meeting young people and community leaders at the city's residence of the British High Commissioner. |
The royal couple are on the second day of their 10-day tour of southern Africa. | The royal couple are on the second day of their 10-day tour of southern Africa. |
Their first day involved meeting teenage girls in the deprived Nyanga township and they spoke out about violence against women and children. | Their first day involved meeting teenage girls in the deprived Nyanga township and they spoke out about violence against women and children. |