{"id":11350,"date":"2024-05-10T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11350"},"modified":"2024-05-10T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T19:00:10","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-greeted-with-cheers-talk-mental-health-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=11350","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan, greeted with cheers, talk mental health in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/prince-harry-and-meghan-greeted-with-cheers-talk-mental-health-in-nigeria.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Prince Harry and his wife Meghan\u00a0were greeted with wild cheers, song and dance as they visited\u00a0a school to talk about mental health in Nigeria\u2019s capital Abuja on Friday and the Duke of Sussex later met wounded soldiers in northern Kaduna.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-159546271\">\n<div id=\"cypru-257811712\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-8019759156178-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The couple are on their first trip to Africa\u2019s most populous nation, prompted by links\u00a0forged through the Invictus Games, an international sporting event he started a decade ago for military personnel wounded in action.\u00a0Harry\u00a0said Nigeria\u00a0had expressed\u00a0interest to host the 2029 games.<br \/>\nThe couple were invited to Nigeria by the chief of defence staff Christopher Musa who\u00a0told them the\u00a0armed forces faced armed criminal gangs and jihadists and that improvised explosive devices presented \u201cthe greatest challenge\u201d.<br \/>\nThe 39-year-old Duke of Sussex then travelled to a military hospital in Kaduna where he met\u00a0wounded\u00a0soldiers.<br \/>\nIn Abuja, Harry and Meghan visited Lightway Academy, which is run by a non-profit\u00a0organisation supported\u00a0by their Archewell Foundation. They were received with wild cheers and serenaded by dancers and singers.<br \/>\nThey spoke about mental health, which carries deep-rooted stigma in conservative Nigeria.<br \/>\n\u201cToo many people don\u2019t want to talk about it \u2019cause it\u2019s invisible. It\u2019s something in our mind that we can\u2019t see. It\u2019s not like a broken leg, it\u2019s not like a broken wrist,\u201d said Harry.<br \/>\n\u201cEvery single person in this room, the youngest, the oldest, every single person has mental health. So therefore, you have to look after yourself to be able to look after other people,\u201d Harry said, adding that \u201cthere is no shame\u201d to acknowledge it.<br \/>\nMeghan said they were honoured to make their first visit to Nigeria and urged the students not to suffer in silence.<br \/>\n\u201cJust make sure that you are taking care of yourselves and that begins with your mental health by really talking about whatever\u2019s coming up for you,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nThe couple also visited a kindergarten class, and when introduced to a five-year-old student, the oldest in the class, Meghan said: \u201cOur son Archie\u2019s five. He turned five last week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry and Meghan visited a school in Nigeria&#8217;s capital Abuja to talk about mental health. They were greeted with cheers, song, and dance. Harry later met wounded soldiers in Kaduna. Nigeria expressed interest in hosting the 2029 Invictus Games. The couple urged students to take care of their mental health and spoke about the importance of addressing mental health issues. Meghan mentioned their son Archie during the 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