Prince Harry resigned as the patron saint of a charity organized in South Africa, said his office in a statement on Wednesday. The movement followed a confrontation between the Charity Board and its President of the Board.
Harry and his employer’s partner, Prince Seiso de Lesoto, said they were leaving for the facelift of Charity, Senebale, who is recorded in Britain, but operates in South Africa, in solidarity with his Board of Trustees. Five of the nine board members have resigned this week.
« It is devastating that the relationship between the Síndics of the Charity and the Chair of the Council was broken down beyond the repair, creating an unsustainable situation, » the two princes said in a joint statement. They added: « We are in a state of shock that we must do this, but we have a continuous responsibility for the beneficiaries of Senebale, so we will share all our concerns with the Charity Commission on how this happened. »
Harry established Sentebale with Seeiso, King Letsie III’s younger brother in 2006, founded in honor of Harry’s mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales, the charity raised funds for communities affected by HIV’s pandemic at Lesotho, a small kingdom that is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2019, he expanded his work to Botswana nearby and addressed the abuse of substances, gender violence and other social evils among young people.
In recent months, the organization’s leadership has been at Loggerheads. The five trustees who resigned said in a joint statement that they had asked the Council President, Sophie Chandauka, to give up their position, after losing « confidence and confidence » in her. They said that Ms. Chandauka had responded to a lawsuit in Britain « to prevent it from voting » and resigned to prevent charity with the cost of demand.
« We could not know in good awareness of feeling this legal and financial burden and has not been left without any other option than to help our positions, » they said. « It was not a willingness, but something we felt forced to care for charity. »
Ms. Chandauka said in a statement that she had acted to state what she described as « issues of bad governance, weak executive management, abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir, » a term referring to sexism pointed out towards black women, « and the coverage that took place. » In addition to presenting a case in an English court, he said, he had reported the trustees to the Charity Commission of Britain.
« There are people in this world who behave as if they were above the law and mistreat people, and then play on the victim card and use the press that despise to hurt people who have the courage to challenge their behavior, » he said in their statement. Harry has it They previously filed legal cases of high profile Against British newspapers.
Ms. CHANDAUKA, a New York -based lawyer, exercised the Sentebale Council from 2009 to 2015 and was named president in July 2023. His role now, he said, will focus on wider funding currents for the organization.
Charity said on Wednesday in a statement that its advice had been restructured under the leadership of Ms. Chandauka as part of a « transformation agenda » that would extend the extent of his work to include business development and climate resilience in South Africa.
The princes statement did not specifically address the complaints by Ms. Chandauka.
« Although we may not be patterns anymore, we will always be its founders and we will never forget what this charity is able to achieve when it is in the right care, » the princes said.
A spokesman for the Charity Commission said that the regulator was « evaluating the problems to determine the right regulatory steps ».
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