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Le prince Harry, duc de Sussex, et Meghan Markle, duchesse de Sussex, entament leur première journée de voyage en Afrique du Sud lors d'une visite à Nyanga au Cap, Afrique du Sud, le 23 septembre 2019. Leur premier rendez-vous en Afrique du Sud est une initiative du Justice Desk de Nyanga. Cette ONG enseigne aux enfants leurs droits et leur sécurité. Elle propose des cours d'auto-défense et une formation à l'autonomie des femmes pour les jeunes filles de la communauté. Le Justice Desk est soutenu par le Queen's Commonwealth Trust dont le duc de Sussex est président et la duchesse vice-présidente. Jusque là, le bureau a aidé environ 35 000 personnes. Le duc et la duchesse ont fait le tour à pied des diverses activités proposées par le Justice Desk. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in South Africa, on September 23, 2019. Their first engagement was to a Justice Desk initiative in Nyanga township, which teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety, and provides self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls in the community. The Justice Desk is an NGO supported by The Queen?s Commonwealth Trust, of which The Duke serves as President and The Duchess as Vice-President. To date, the Justice Desk has directly assisted over 35,000 individuals, schools and communities. On arrival at Nyanga Methodist Church, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met Jessica Dewhurst, Justice Desk Founder and Queen?s Young Leader, and Theodora Luthuli, Justice Desk Community Leader. Jessica took Their Royal Highnesses on a walking tour of various activities taking place. Moving into the learning centre, Theodora introduced them to her mother and the centre?s founder, Sylvia Hobe. Harry and Meghanl then observed the Mbokodo Girls' Empowerment programme, which provides self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls who have suffered major trauma. The project's motto is, 'waithint' abafazi wathint 'imbokodo' (when you strike a women; you strike a rock). The session then began with the students reciting 'Our Deepest Fear,' the club's anthem. The girls then broke off into four training groups. Harry and Meghan were then escorted around the groups to learn about the purpose of each of the activities, before coming back together to form a circle where the girls had an opportunity to have a discussion with them in a private setting. Afterwards, Harry & Meghan left the learning centre, followed by the girls singing their team anthem.23/09/2019 - Nyanga