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Published Date: 09 July 2008
By Russell Jackson
RED-FACED with exertion, Lieutenant Wales helps push wheelbarrows full of cement to build a wheelchair ramp for a school for disabled children.
The image is one of a set released yesterday showing Prince Harry as he spends three weeks with more than 20 army comrades from the Blues and Royals in the southern African country of Lesotho. Another shows him playing football.

The soldiers, supporting the prince's Sentebale charity, are helping local labourers renovate the Thuso Centre in Butha Buthe, about two hours' drive from the capital, Maseru.

And yesterday he spoke of his pride at the work his charity is doing for Aids orphans.

He said: "Everything here is just so positive and fantastic. This is the only mentally handicapped school in Lesotho and once the project is finished we hope to make another in the centre and one in the south. As long as we can keep funding (the projects] we can make a massive, massive difference."

The troops, with whom Harry fought in Afghanistan earlier this year, made an epic drive through South Africa and Namibia to Lesotho last week. They slept, cooked and washed in their Land Rovers.

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  • Last Updated: 08 July 2008 9:39 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Prince Harry
 
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sam the god,

09/07/2008 08:10:23
Yet again the army being used as a propaganda tool to make Harry pothead look good.
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Media 1,

cape town 09/07/2008 08:37:58
I think it is great that young Harry is doing this, he doesnt need to do it. But by doing it he is raising the profile of the plight of the people in that region and because of that, someone somewhere will do something. And even if that someone only saves one life, it is one more life than would have been saved had the Prince not been there, which is in my book, a worthwhile effort.
AIDS is a serious illness in Southern Africa and it is wiping out entire villages and families. There is hundreds of thousands of young black children living without parents who have died of AIDS and they are doomed without people like Harry.
Did you know that the Minister of Health in South Africa is a woman called Manto? Her remit as the minister of health speaks for itself, but did you know that she broadcasts to the masses that the best way to treat AIDS is with beetroot and garlic? This is the sort of support that "Africans" offer other Africans. It is shocking, it is primitive and it should result in her being fired for gross neglegence. But instead she is protected by Mbeki who says that HIV and AIDS are a figment of people's imagination.
This is the sort of leadership Africa is used to, which is why Africa toils and sweats.
Well done Harry, hats off to you young man.
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Iain's,

09/07/2008 08:41:58
I may have this wrong, but if rich people go to Africa to built schools for free does this not mean that they are undercutting local builders and putting them out of business?

Just imagine what would happen if a foreign builder came to Scotland and started building schools for free!

How can developing countries expect to develop if we destroy local businesses.

Oxfam used to say teaching a man to fish was better than paying him to buy food as the skills learnt would feed his family for a lifetime.

This kind of aid causes aid dependency not growth.
Pay locals to build the school and pay for the teachers!
4

Joe Macdelta.,

09/07/2008 10:05:26
4# They are not undermineing local builders, or preventing them developing, this is a poor community with no means to carry out the project on their own.
The army does things like this all the time, If a unit is in an area on exercise, they may carry out a similar project to help the local population, its good PR. Its good for the community, British relations with other countries, and its also good for the soldiers, so well done to them.
5

Paddi,

09/07/2008 10:40:58
A nice jolly for someone with plenty of time on his hands, not sure though that the unit would have been on excercise near here at the time.
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/07/2008 10:43:44
The usual anti-monarchists spouting their arrant nonsense.

I wonder if any of Prince Henry's critics have EVER done one minute's worth of volunteer work in their sorry and sordid lives?
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Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 09/07/2008 11:39:17
Sam the Dog and Bob Christie,

If you had even a smidgon of understanding about what the Army does, which you clearly do not, you would realise that this is not an event staged to try to may Harry look good and provide photo opportunities.

It is in fact part of the normal duties of NATO armed forces where they assist civilian organisations in foreign countries. It's known as CIMIC -- Civil and Military Co-operation and it brings considerable benefits all round.
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/07/2008 11:40:00
Bob Christie

We are no longer a "dominion" you ignoramus or "neocolonialists".

We are a sovereign nation with HM The Queen as Queen of Canada as proclaimed in Canadian law.

Why don't you do something "useful" and shut up rather than spouting outdated and historically incorrect terms and anti-monarchistic drivel?

YOU are the Queen/King of Claptrap, Bob Christie.

I "wonder" muchly and that is why I usually don't publicise my ignorance with misinformation and ancient terminology.
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Paddi,

09/07/2008 12:10:18
#9 i would disagree with you, is it not rather convenient that it's his charity that the army is helping out?
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sam the god,

09/07/2008 12:42:20
#9 vapour heid
I know what the army does having been in the forces what we are commenting on is the fact that Harry pothead gets the high profile coverage all the time where the forces do these kind of jobs on a regular basis but the other soldiers never get a mention. But it is obvious that the effects of petrol fumes have taken their toll on you if you cannot see that.
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/07/2008 13:58:37
Bob Christie

The Queen may have German heritage but to call HM "German Liz" is to show your misconstruance of consanguinity.

Her Grandmother, Queen Mary (May of Teck) was of German heritage but The Queen is as English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish as they come.

This is just another of the putdowns of your type to discredit a hardworking woman who does more for UK tourism and goodwill than anybody in your country.

She brings in millions of pounds in tourist dollars by her very presence at the Trooping of the Colour, Royal Ascot, the Garter Ceremony, and the countless visits HM makes to cities and towns throughout the UK.

The royal palaces and castles and parks are cash cows and employs hundreds, if not thousands, of Britishers who would otherwise be unemployed - and pays them a DECENT wage and they pay taxes on these wages to support the NHS and other social programmes for the benefit of all.

What have you done for YOUR country lately besides winge and whine?

You really must get your facts straight before you spout off incoherently.
12

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/07/2008 14:57:43
Bob Christie

A "Britisher" is a nickname or commonly-used term for a person born or living in Great Britain.
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AJ Fife,

09/07/2008 15:10:56
I'm surprised the Royals have allowed Harry to make this trip!

If he takes after his father(either of them) and 'whorish' mother, and he puts it about like a Bombay money lender, surely there's a good chance he'll catch something unpleasant!

It must be a real worry for CBL, the Greek and auld Liz!
14

AJ Fife,

09/07/2008 15:25:51
Bob,

Charlie Big Lugs has a spine made of jelly. I reckon Phil the Greek is to blame for the lot of them! A bullying tyrant, who would probably have been locked up if he lived in the real world! Let's face it, his entire family are a disgrace and an embarrassment!

Having said all that, I wouldn't want it any other way!;)
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09/07/2008 18:36:11
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09/07/2008 18:40:35
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TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 09/07/2008 18:51:46
Ribbonman

Your simplistic postings make you a fourth-class whatever and your incomprehensible splutterings are without consequence or coherence.
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09/07/2008 19:16:56
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Media 1,

cape town 09/07/2008 19:19:46
Ribbonman

You're a disgrace!
I am not a fan of the royal family either, it seems pointless in this day and age, but the people want them so they stay.
But this has nothing to do with the royal family, this is about a young man who stumbled upon the devastation that is taking place in Southern Africa with regards to aids and he is trying to do his bit. So what if the papers write about it, all that matters is that he raises the profile and helps these poor people, because god knows that their governments cant. As Africans they have no hope unless Europeans like Harry assist them..
Put your silly anti English agenda to one side and think about the suffering kids who are gaining some sense of hope from Harry's presence. They dont know who he is, they only know someone is there to help them. So allow them that you evil person.
20

Finnking,

Lempäälä 09/07/2008 23:30:06
It would be far better if him and his buddies played a game of football with African HIV victims outside the head quarters of a) the various US/EU drug firms that price their products out of the reach of most Africans and b) the Vatican which still teaches that condoms are bad and do not stem the virus.

But it's better not to rock the boat. Better to do a very simple and ultimately pointless activity that's great for the cameras.

Was he the clown that thought it a 'jolly jape' to wear a nazi uniform to a party?
21

Finnking,

Lempäälä 10/07/2008 06:52:43
Bob Christie

The "Tourism" justification is flawed on many scores but my current favourites are a) If they are for tourists, then get them doing it properly: wee tunics on, little flags, showing folk around the palaces. and b) France has an excellent tourism rate and they have no monarchy.

 

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