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Prince Harry learns sign language: Prince Harry gives a nod to his late mother's fundraising work during his own charity mission to Africa.
LESOTHO -
Prince Harry has made a visit to an African community to take a lesson in sign language at a school for
Deaf and Blind children. The Prince mentioned Diana, Princess of Wales, as he gave a speech at a gala dinner for his Sentebale charity.
Earlier in the day, he met youngsters at a school for
Deaf children in
Lesotho, where he learned
sign language and took part in a kneeling dance.
The royal hopes to raise £2.5m to build the Mamohato Centre, which will provide psychological care and offer mentoring to children with HIV/Aids.
"It seems only right that it should be named after His Majesty (of Lesotho) and Prince Seeiso's mother, Queen Mamohato Bereng Seeiso," he said in his speech in Johannesburg. "She was so loved as the mother of the nation. I hope she would be proud of what we are trying to achieve in her name.
Video by 7NEWS"I hope that my mother will be proud, too. Maybe, just maybe, they are together somewhere up there, with blueprints and sketches already mapped out. I can only hope we put the swings in the right place."
Harry told guests that the Mamohato programme was already "transforming the lives of children living with HIV". He said: "I have met some of the children who have attended the Mamohato Camps, and they have so much more confidence and knowledge of how to live healthy lives."
During his visit to the
Kananelo Centre for the Deaf on the outskirts of
Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, the Prince was seen writing on a blackboard and laughing with the children. He joined the country's Prince Seeiso for a cookery class, making a kind of doughnut known in the local
Sesotho language as makoenya.
Sky News' special correspondent
Alex Crawford, in the capital, said: "He interacts incredibly beautifully with young people, even those who are
Deaf, when communication is obviously an issue.
"But he was learning and asking them through
sign language experts what their favourite subjects were at school and they were all really straining to talk to him, obviously overwhelmed by him." ... READ MORE:
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