Meghan, Harry stopped in S.A. to visit refugee outreach program
During their travels around Texas last week, Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle stopped by a community center on San Antonio’s West Side to check in on a women-focused refugee outreach program launched by their nonprofit, the Archewell Foundation.
The royal couple visited the Family Service Neighborhood Place last week to learn more about the program’s help for women who have recently resettled from Afghanistan, joining a group of them who were working on their sewing skills
San Antonio is one of the foundation’s 11 project areas across the U.S. designed to “foster a sense of belonging through activities including sewing, art, hiking, swimming, photography, storytelling and cooking,” its website says.
Local nonprofit Culturingua partnered with the foundation to create the San Antonio project.
The visit, which happened to fall on International Women’s Day, concluded with a homecooked meal. The duchess joined in making Bolani, a traditional Afghan flatbread.
Photos of the visit on the Archewell Foundation’s website include Markle holding a handsewn dress and Harry, who served two tours of duty in the British army in Afghanistan, speaking to community members.
The couple came to Texas for the annual South by Southwest Conference in Austin, where Markle participated in a panel discussion about women’s representation in media and the dangers of social media.
They headed to Uvalde on Saturday for a local event celebrating the opening of a new playground funded, in part, by their foundation. They also visited the family of Irma Garcia, one of two teachers killed alongside 19 young students in the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary.
On Monday, pop culture page Deuxmoi posted an onlooker video of them walking through the San Antonio International Airport escorted by police.