In addition to selling 200 million albums worldwide, which is quite an achievement, the Barbados-born and raised Rihanna is quite the philanthropist.
Harvard Foundation director S. Allen Counter said the internationally acclaimed musician deserves recognition for her good works.
“Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados,” Counter said.
“She has also created the Clara and Lionel Foundation Scholarship Program (named for her grandmother and grandfather) for students attending college in the U.S. from Caribbean countries, and supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project,” he said.
The Harvard Foundation has named Rihanna the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year.
Posted by Harvard University on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Rihanna, who celebrated her 29th birthday this week, will attend the award presentation ceremony next week on campus.
Other Harvard Humanitarian Award winners include actor James Earle Jones, United Nations Secretaries General Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, gender rights advocate Malala Yousafzai and tennis player and activist Arthur Ashe.
Just one more reason to love Rihanna.
Posted by College Candy on Thursday, February 23, 2017
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