Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently lent a helping hand in Los Angeles when they delivered meals to needy citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As per sources, their charity work has a connection with Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland as she was the one who inspired her daughter to volunteer the organization. “Meghan didn’t have much when she was a child, but her mom made sure they always gave back,” a source told PEOPLE.
The Duchess’ mother who is a former social worker and yoga instructor advised her daughter to offer help to Project Angel Food which is a non-profit charity and delivers meals to vulnerable people.
“She said she wanted to do something to give back on Easter and was talking to her mom and her mom told her that Project Angel Food needs help and Meghan said, ‘Yes, brilliant,’ “ Richard Ayoub, Project Angel Food’s executive director, told PEOPLE.
Meghan has opened up about her upbringing in her former lifestyle blog, The Tig. She wrote, “My mother raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.”
“I must have been about 10 years old when we visited the slums of Jamaica. I had never seen poverty at that level and it registered in my glazed brown eyes. ‘Don’t look scared, Flower,’ she said. ‘Be aware, but don’t be afraid.”
The 38-year-old said her parents who came from the small background have always been kind with the needy ones.
She continued: “Both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot — buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to patients in hospice care, donating any spare change in their pocket to those asking for it, and performing quiet acts of grace — be it a hug, a smile, or a pat on the back to show ones in need that they would be alright.point 519 |
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Meghan said her upbringing made her a person who knows the difference between right and wrong. “This is what I grew up seeing, so that is what I grew up being: a young adult with a social consciousness to do what I could, and to, at the very least, speak up when I knew something was wrong.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently living in Los Angeles where Meghan mother also lives but unfortunately, the couple hasn’t met her yet due to the pandemic and social distancing rule.
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