Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Royal Wedding: 7 Charities Couple Chose To Support

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want to celebrate their royal wedding with the charities they aim to help.
The couple is thankful for the warm welcome and support they have received from the public, and they want to share the love. Prince Harry and Markle are aware that many of their fans want to give them presents on their big day, but instead of sending them gifts, the prince and the "Suits" actress are encouraging their supporters to donate to some charities instead.
Here are the seven charities that Prince Harry and Markle are encouraging everyone to support.
1. Chiva
The foundation supports children growing up with HIV and their families. It aims to ensure that they have the knowledge, understanding, skills and support that they needed to live well and maximize their potential.
The charities include @chivaprojects, which supports children growing up with HIV and their families. The charity helps to create a more hopeful and optimistic future for them, ensuring they achieve their greatest potential. https://t.co/W3AQovuL2H pic.twitter.com/BvnZjmzPOl
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
2. Crisis
Prince Harry and Markle also want to bring hope to homeless people. Crisis is a national charity that helps individuals recover from homelessness. The charity has already helped rebuild the lives of thousands of people who used to live in the streets.
.@crisis_uk has also been chosen by the couple. Crisis helps people directly out of homelessness, working side by side with thousands of people each year to help them rebuild their lives and leave homelessness behind for good. https://t.co/k7ZYzI1gbF pic.twitter.com/DTPsARVdc9
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
The foundation aims to break taboos on menstrual hygiene in India. It empowers women in Mumbai slums by providing them with a trusted network, stable employment and access to hygiene products. The charity provides women with low-cost sanitary pads which helps girls stay in school. Markle visited the foundation in January 2017.
Next up is @MynaMahila, which empowers women in Mumbai's slums by providing them with a trusted network, stable employment & the chance to grow as individuals & businesswomen, and breaks taboos around menstrual hygiene. https://t.co/suzul1y9cw pic.twitter.com/eIG3GP6bW7
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
Prince Harry has a close connection with the Armed Forces and has been working with the veterans, so the couple included this charity. It aims to support the children of men and women who died while serving the British Armed Forces. This foundation aims to help the kids who lost their parents smile again.
The couple have also chosen @CorporalScotty, a charity that offers vital support and activities to children who have lost a parent while serving in the British Armed Forces, helping them to smile again. https://t.co/23tYNy7rSC pic.twitter.com/G6CISr2TvU
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
5. StreetGames
Markle and Prince Harry believe that sports are important in empowering young people to enjoy positive changes in their own lives. As such, the couple opted to support this charity.
Prince Harry is a big fan of sports. In fact, he is the founder of the Invictus Games, an annual international adaptive multi-sport event. The couple will be flying to Australia for the same event in October.
Also selected is @StreetGames, a charity which uses sport to empower young people to kick-start a cycle of positive change in their own lives. Prince Harry and Ms. Markle visited one of the charity's projects together in Cardiff earlier this year. https://t.co/UPY6Nyt2k6 pic.twitter.com/0XQJOL6iNj
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
This is a marine conservation and campaigning charity that aims to protect the UK's oceans and beaches. In February, Prince Harry joined Prince Charles' coral reef meeting. Prince Harry shares his father's interest in protecting nature and the environment. In fact, it is believed that the Prince of Wales will pass the environmental campaign to Markle's groom-to-be.
The charities also include @sascampaigns, a national marine conservation & campaigning charity, which inspires, unites & empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves & wildlife. https://t.co/J7yExoY411 pic.twitter.com/IpXgh23Y13
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
This is a social welfare, conservation and education charity that promotes the benefits and enjoyment of wild nature. It transforms lives using nature.
Finally, the couple have chosen @WildernessUK, which promotes the benefits & enjoyment of wild nature. Through the great outdoors, the charity helps build resilience in vulnerable teenagers & introduces rural employment to urban youth. https://t.co/PqKQ9UkV2B pic.twitter.com/vL4UEJTlWL
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) April 9, 2018
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