Prince Harry donates $500,000 for children in Gaza, Ukraine

Prince Harry's Archewell Foundation has pledged $500,000 in grants to support children affected by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

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The grants are allocated to address three critical areas: medical evacuations, on-the-ground humanitarian aid, and long-term prosthetics research.

The announcement was made on Wednesday, during the Duke of Sussex’s visit to the Centre for Blast Injury Studies (CBIS) at Imperial College London, an institution he helped found in 2013.

The total $500,000 has been divided among three key partners.

The largest grant of $200,000 is designated for the World Health Organization (WHO) to facilitate the medical evacuation of children from Gaza to Jordan.

A second grant of $150,000 is directed to Save the Children for ongoing humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

The final $150,000 is for the Centre for Blast Injury Studies to aid in the development of prosthetics for children injured in both Ukraine and Gaza.

During his visit, Prince Harry highlighted the severity of the situation in Gaza, stating it has "the highest density of child amputees in the world and in history" and stressed the importance of partnerships to address such large-scale problems.

The grants are a response to the devastating humanitarian crises in both regions.

In Gaza, the situation is described as "unbearable," with a declared famine and a health system "on its knees".

Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the United Nations has verified over 3,000 child casualties since February 2022, and children continue to face the threat of explosive remnants of war.