Leadership is the ability to get things done. For a Patron of a charity it’s about the ability to raise funds for your charity. A royal title is irrelevant when it doesn’t come with funds which enable impact. You can call yourself the future king but if you cannot inspire others to donate then you are just a figurehead. Charities need patrons who are leaders; not figure heads.

Invictus Games.

The Invictus Games is an international adaptive athletic tournament for serving and retired servicemen and women who have been wounded, maimed, or sick.

The Games employ sport’s potential to encourage recovery, rehabilitation, and a greater understanding and respect for all who serve their country. The first Invictus Games were hosted in London in 2014, with Orlando, Florida hosting the second in May 2016, Toronto, Canada hosting the third in September 2017, and Sydney, Australia hosting the fourth in October 2018. The Hague, The Netherlands, will host the next games in 2021, followed by Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2022.

2. Vax Live Campaign Chair.

After collaborating on Global Citizen’s VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World in May 2021 to encourage vaccine confidence around the world, the Archewell Foundation and Procter & Gamble announced a multi-year relationship. The company’s portfolio includes products like Tide, Olay, and Charmin. “Gender equality, more inclusive online spaces, resilience and influence via sport” will be the emphasis of the collaboration.

3. World Central Kitchen Community Relief Centers.

The first of four Community Relief Centers in the Caribbean, which Archewell will develop with World Central Kitchen, was finished in February 2021, just months after it was announced. The effort was first announced in December 2020, three years after Hurricanes Maria and Irma devastated the area in 2017.

“The kitchen equipment, which includes refrigerators and freezers that can operate fully off the grid using solar power, is now built and ready for the school’s staff to prepare meals for students and the community, and a culinary training programme will be launched later this year. These workshops, which are based on Sink to Stove and our future Chef Relief Training programme, will prepare chefs to cook for the community and even feed huge groups of people in a disaster. We anticipate being able to provide thousands of meals each day from this Community Relief Center in the immediate aftermath of any future storm.”

Number 4. Halo Trust.

The prince has joined the HALO Trust’s 25th Anniversary Appeal as well as the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) All Schools Programme as a patron.

HALO is a ground-breaking humanitarian mine removal organization that works all over the world. Prince Harry has a long history with the organization, having visited minefields in Mozambique’s Tete Province in 2010, when he met amputees and seen firsthand the devastating effects of landmines on some of the poorest people in mine-affected communities. During his visit to Mozambique, he witnessed the arduous process of humanitarian demining firsthand.

5. Sentebale.

The Duke of Sussex and Prince Harry co-founded Sentebale, a charity that helps orphans in Lesotho, southern Africa, in 2006. He was affected by the tragedy of youngsters orphaned by the AIDS pandemic that has decimated the country after visiting the small African nation after completing his school education. He founded Sentebale with his dear friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to provide long-term support to community organizations that work with children and young adults, particularly orphans.

When people in Lesotho say goodbye to one another, they say Sentebale, which means ‘do not forget me.’ It was chosen as the name of the new organization because the two Princes consider it as a memorial to their own mothers’ charitable work, and since its goal is to guarantee that Lesotho and the current condition of its children are not forgotten.

As part of his ongoing efforts to remove stigmas linked with HIV/AIDS, His Royal Highness underwent a public HIV test at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in 2016 to raise awareness and demonstrate how simple it is to get tested.

6. African Parks.

Prince Harry flew past Mangochi Forest Reserve in southern Malawi in 2016. What he saw astounded him. Despite its proximity to one of the country’s most popular safari sites, the reserve appeared to be poorly deforested and neglected. People had begun to encroach on the park’s perimeter. He recalls thinking, “These communities are encroaching much beyond where they should be, and this whole place is on fire.”

On Monday, Prince Harry made an announcement: Mangochi Forest Reserve and Liwonde National Park, which sit side by side, have formally joined the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, three years after he did that initial flyover and requested Mangochi’s protection. The Duke of Sussex welcomed 300 square miles of nature into his grandmother’s initiative under the sweltering sun. The plaques announcing the new categorization are displayed beneath a metallic tree made from confiscated poachers’ snares on the stone gateway to Liwonde.

7. Well Child

The Duke of Sussex has been a patron of the children’s charity since 2007 and made sure that he was available to attend the annual ceremony. The WellChild Awards sit close to Prince Harry’s heart—and are often one of the highlights of his calendar—so there was no way that he was going to miss the 2021 ceremony during his brief trip to London.

The Duke of Sussex, who is a longtime patron of the charity for seriously ill children, joined a private garden party to help celebrate remarkable children, youth, and carers from across the United Kingdom.

8. Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, Stanford Medicine.

This research department at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, is supported by Meghan and Harry’s foundation. “The Archewell Foundation supports the Center’s objective for breakthrough research and instruction on approaches for cultivating compassion and encouraging altruism within individuals and society,” according to the organization’s website.