Princess Diana once said,“I would like to be a queen in the hearts of the people.”, and if there is anything she has done it has been to take over our hearts with her compassion and generosity. Princess Diana dedicated her life to helping others and using her fame to do it. She was humane and humble never seeing herself above others, even as royalty. This considerate woman would show up to hospitals just to talk and encourage people with her kind words. Princess Diana supported more than 100 charities in her lifetime, although she mostly impacted AIDS/HIV patients and landmine usage.
All the work done by Princess Diana was because of the abundance of compassion in her heart. She once said, “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to
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be, doing what I can.”. Anywhere she saw the people in need she made sure to do what she could to help. Whenever she had the chance she made visits to the hospital (Biography Online). According to nurses, Princess Diana would just randomly show up to the hospital to visit fatally ill patients and give the hospital instructions to make sure her visits were concealed from the media. (Biography Online) She would visit at least 3 times a week and stay for about 4 hours to just hold their hand, talk to them, and make them happy.(Humanitarian) Princess Diana was helping people up until right before her death and her dedication has helped people and will continue to help people for years to come. A major area that Princess Diana focused on was AIDS/HIV.
Not only did she use her popularity to raise money for research, but she also donated financially on her own.(Charity Love to Know). Princess Diana was one of the first celebrities photographed physically touching a patient with AIDS/HIV. (Charity Love to Know) She was admired by many for her sympathy and love. In 2001, Bill Clinton 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. She showed the world that people with AIDS deserve no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change world opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS with an outcome of saved lives of people at risk.“ Princess Diana really did change the world for AIDS patients, she brought a great deal of attention to the issue. She changed the world by informing people that you should give a hug to an AIDS/HIV patient because if anybody needed loved it was them. Princess Diana’s love for all certainly affected the AIDS/HIV community not to mention that her involvement in the National AIDS Trust changed everything. Her work inspired other celebrities and organizations to help the cause. Without Princess Diana, the AIDS/HIV community would not have the help and charities it has
today. Princess Diana was both praised and criticized for her works with land mines. One place Princess Diana helped with the issue was Angola. In Angola, even though the civil war was over the destruction from it was all over as millions of landmines were still dispersed throughout the nation.(CNN) They were often stepped on and caused many people to lose limbs or even their lives. As usual, Princess Diana saw people in need and rushed to the rescue. Her personal support was a large factor of the Ottawa Treaty which helped to ban anti-personnel landmines. (Arms Control Today) Princess Diana’s announced charity work was she went to Angola and a Red Cross volunteer. Here she visited landmine survivors, demining projects, and landmine awareness classes. The images of her wearing flak jackets and a helmet really changed the way people saw the troubles from landmines.
Elizabeth Glaser, co-founder of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, was infected with the AIDS virus during a blood transfusion when she was giving birth to her first child. Her daughter became quite ill in 1985 and after several tests and treatments the entire family was tested for the human immunodeficiency virus. Elizabeth, her daughter, Ariel, and her son, Jake, all tested positive. She then went to Washington, D.C. to help fight AIDS and raise awareness for the cause. She met with several influential politicians, activists, and first ladies including President Reagan, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush to discuss ways to improve HIV care and research.
Her whole life, Diana always strived to do what she could to help those around her through lots of charity work. Two famous quotes of Diana’s are “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.” and “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” about the charity work she did. When Diana died, she left behind a legacy that is still remembered, in our modern society as people still strive to follow in Diana’s footsteps. Princess Diana was a great individual who will always be remembered as one of Britain's greatest members of the royal
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Growing up in 1960s, Diana Spencer always knew royalty. This idea of power was a birth right through her father, but yet Diana did not know of the influence she was going to inflict one day. Princess Diana, through her marriage with Prince Charles, became an icon for the United Kingdom and impacted many in the world (Princess Diana Biography Princess). Along with her compassionate heart and humble soul, Diana ascended in the eyes of the public and became England’s sweetheart and beloved leader. Princess Diana soon inspired people all over the world by breaking the royal stereotypes, sponsoring many charities and providing a prime example of what it means to love one’s children and people.
What would you say if I asked you to tell me what you think is causing the death of so many people in the horn of Africa? AIDS? Starvation? War? Would it surprise you if I told you that it all boils down to the women of Africa? Kofi Annan attempts to do just this in his essay “In Africa, Aids Has a Woman's Face.” Annan uses his work to tell us that women make up the “economic foundation of rural Africa” and the greatest way for Africa to thrive is through the women of Africa's freedom, power, and knowledge.
To begin, Mother Teresa stands as a strong activist from India, who deserves recognition for her tremendous actions. Mother Teresa, founder of a religious group of nuns in Calcutta, India, devoted her life to aiding sick and poor people throughout the world. I see Mother Teresa as an important figure to depict, since she dedicated her life to helping other and even inspired others to do the same. Born in war-torn Albania, Mother Teresa survived her childhood and at 19 joined the Sisters of Loreto in India. She served with missionary order of nuns for 20 years, until she had a realization of her life’s mission. She found that she needed to help the poor and sick. So, Mother Teresa descended into the slums of Calcutta and began the Sisters of Charity. From there, she led the Sisters of Charity in ministering to the sick and hungry by giving them much needed food and live. Mother Teresa received local reconviction; but in 1969, after a documentary on her work, she became a celebrity and was deemed a modern day saint. Mother Teresa used this to increase awareness of her work, thus benefiting the poor and sick further. She gave speeches all over the world emphasizing the struggle of the poor. Before her death, Mother Teresa had met a large number of world l...
Princess Diana at the time of her death was arguably the world’s most renowned celebrity. Privately, Diana felt she was just an ordinary person; however, she was much more. She was known to be an advocate for the helpless and the hopeless. Diana’s influence was felt worldwide through her vast humanitarian activities, which consisted of working with and starting many charities. Diana used her royal title and her celebrity to raise awareness about many forgotten or overlooked causes. As a result of her worldwide travels, Diana became the people’s princess and the public was intrigued with her devotion, consideration, and graciousness. Diana’s wide and profound influence is seen in how popular Elton John’s tribute song “Candle in the Wind” was. In fact, according to Recording Industry Association of America, it became the best-selling single of all time (RIAA). Elton John united the world’s feelings of loss in his song “Candle in the Wind,” and though his purpose was generally ineffective, through his use of diction, imagery, and emotional tone he was able to speak for a world that lost its princess.
She was an extremely strong woman who stood up for what she believed was right, even when not easy. In 1196 Diana and Prince Charles divorced, a mutual agreement on both sides; “The two became estranged over the years, and there were reports of infidelities from both parties” (“Princess”). Some women would have felt so blessed to experience this amazing new world where they are treated like a princess and decide to continue on, but Diana was different.Instead of enduring the rest of her life in a marriage she was not involved in, Diana decided to show great strength and divorce Charles. However Diana was still involved in her children's life, and still continued to take part in her charity work, she even began dating an Egyptian film producer named Dodi Fayed. Though she was no longer a princess, everyday she still continued to show her everlasting heroism. All through Princess Diana’s life she showed many qualities of an epic hero. Diana and her aristocratic childhood is a great example of a noble birth, at a young age she played and later married the future king of England. Her global charity work continues on and has impacted many lives for the better and therefore makes her a national hero. Diana is capable of great strength, by divorcing her husband but still continuing to see her children, taking part in her charity work, and dealing with the
Many mothers passed AIDS to their children when giving birth or breastfeeding: like Mrs.Glaser when she contracted AIDS when giving birth to her daughter from a blood transfusion and spread it to her son through breastfeeding. When she lost her daughter she asked her friends to help her start the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation where they fundraise to help pay for research to try to save her son. They also worked to informed people of what AIDS actually is and how anyone could get it; because a lot of people misunderstanding AIDS and thought it was transmitted from the contact with gay men so they persecute the gay community because of the fear of getting infected by someone in the gay community. Once Mrs.Glaser started to advocate and inform people what AIDS truly was, the government started to invest more into the research and prevention of AIDS. Which started the national AIDS education campaign. Which helped people know what AIDS was and how it was transmitted because people feared that it was transmitted through casual contact. As time went by, the government started to impose test used to indicate if the blood donated was infected. They also started to approve a antiretroviral treatment. To this day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation help women and children worldwide in preventing and treating AIDS. Mrs.Glaser made a huge impact on the research and prevention of AIDS because without her advocating for the research she wouldn't have been able to help all the women treat and prevent it and reduce the transmission of AIDS from mother to child, at the same time they wouldn't have been able to start the children on antiretroviral
Even after her death, her generosity and works were continued. A tribute to Diana’s contributions was paid through the Landmine bill of 1998 and the Ottawa Treaty in 1997. Both of these documents were about landmines and followed Diana’s views on them. After her death, Diana’s legacy was continued by the Diana, Princess of Whales Memorial Fund which “supports the sick in Africa, helps refugees, and stops landmines.” (Biography Online, p.2) Diana, the People’s Princess, will live on in people’s hearts forever.
...g as an ambassador for England, Diana desperately sought out peace for herself and others throughout the course of her life, which in my opinion has earned her the permanent title as “the people’s princess.”
Diana is noted for two major contributions to humanitarianism and she was the president or patron of over 100 charities. Diana’s work with land mines and work on behalf of Aids patients was noted in many telling photographs. Diana donated a lot financially, perhaps her biggest contribution to AIDS charity work was her public persona. Many people believed that AIDS was contagious through casual contact. Diana, however was one of the first celebrities to touch Hiv/Aids patients and removed the stigma associated with AIDS.
Heather West Rough Draft Research Paper Swanson 4/21/17 The life and death of princess Diana is something that will never be forgotten about the living and dead souls all around the world. She was a princess who was so extraordinary that she really clicked with people all around the world. Her commoner background caused her to understand the people and how they live their life.
Princess Diana of Wales, a rebel with a cause from the day she stepped into the limelight of the royal family. She was known as the independent thinker and became to be known as the People’s Princess. Diana used her position in the royal family to spotlight major world issues and she succeeded. She was never afraid of promoting difficult causes such as AIDS, leprosy or politically sensitive issues like landmines.
...race with paparazzi in an attempt to avoid them, Diana’s death was mourned with the world as they lost one of the most important women of their time. After her death, Elizabeth Dole, American Red Cross president, spoke about Diana with kind words, "The Princess brought the power of her presence, her compassion, and her position to some of the most important humanitarian issues of our time, saving countless lives and bringing comfort to countless others. Her work to bring about a global ban on land mines did more to galvanize world opinion on this issue than any other single individual. Her death is mourned by an entire world. We at the American Red Cross share the grief of the British people in the loss of a national and global treasure. We will miss her special touch and the love that she so effectively expressed through action." (Britannia Internet Magazine 2003)