The Duchess of Sussex has personally called a fan to thank them for setting up a social media campaign to fund Camfed.
A fan set up the #InspiredByMeghan campaign on their Twitter account, @freepeeper, and the campaign has now raised close to $80,000 after other supporters of the Duchess of Sussex donated and shared the hashtag ahead of the royal’s birthday on 4 August.
Camfed is a non-profit NGO that works to eradicate African poverty through girls’ education and empowerment.
They were first contacted by the Duke and Duchess’s team to thank them for the support of Camfed ahead of Meghan’s 39th birthday. On Twitter, they said, in part: “Their representative was lovely. I was excited we’d made it onto their radar. That was enough for me.”
However, more was to come as Meghan personally called them on Wednesday.
They then wrote on Twitter: “She said their team heard about the fundraiser and flagged it for her. She and Harry were very touched. She asked me to pass on a big ‘Thank you’ to everyone.
“I was thrilled to have the opportunity to tell her that their humanitarian work informed and inspired our fundraisers. She asked how much we’d raised, and I told her close to $80k (latest update). She said that was amazing. She was so gracious and humble.”
They later said: “I told her that they have a lot of support out there. She thanked me. She said she felt it.”
“But the purpose of her call, and she said this a couple times, was to express gratitude to all of YOU for supporting them, for the fundraisers, and for your birthday wishes,” they concluded, adding that they promised to pass the message along on social media to all those who took part in the #InspiredByMeghan campaign.
