Throughout her short life, Diana, Princess of Wales undertook many hundreds of engagements on behalf of charities. During her marriage, The Princess was the President or Patron of over 100 charities.
During the mid-to-late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became well known for her support of charity projects, and is credited with considerable influence for her campaigns against the use of landmines and helping the victims of AIDS. She was also involved in charities for the homeless, disabled people, children.
During the mid-to-late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became well known for her support of charity projects, and is credited with considerable influence for her campaigns against the use of landmines and helping the victims of AIDS. She was also involved in charities for the homeless, disabled people, children.
HIV/ AIDS Charity:
In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was the first high-profile celebrity to be photographed touching an AIDS-infected person.
Her contribution to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers was summarized in December 2001 by Bill Clinton at the Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on AIDS, when he said: "In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. If the Princess of Wales could hold the hand of a man with AIDS, who could claim to be above it? She showed the world that people with AIDS deserved not isolation, but compassion. It helped change world opinion, helped give hope to people with AIDS, and helped save lives of people at risk."
Her contribution to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers was summarized in December 2001 by Bill Clinton at the Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on AIDS, when he said: "In 1987, when so many still believed that AIDS could be contracted through casual contact, Princess Diana sat on the sickbed of a man with AIDS and held his hand. If the Princess of Wales could hold the hand of a man with AIDS, who could claim to be above it? She showed the world that people with AIDS deserved not isolation, but compassion. It helped change world opinion, helped give hope to people with AIDS, and helped save lives of people at risk."
Charity Against Landmines
Less than a year before she did, her most publicized charity appearance was her visit to Angola in January 1997, when, she visited landmine survivors in hospitals, toured de-mining projects run, and attended mine awareness education classes about the dangers of mines immediately surrounding homes and villages.
The pictures of Diana, Princess of Wales touring a minefield, in helmet and flak jacket, were seen worldwide.
Her interest was focused around spreading the awareness of the injuries landmines create, often to children, long after the conflict for which they were intended has finished.
Her interest was focused around spreading the awareness of the injuries landmines create, often to children, long after the conflict for which they were intended has finished.
Information obtained from The Diana Exhibition