Rihanna has been named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year and will accept the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at a ceremony on Feb. 28.
“Rihanna has charitably built a state of the art centre for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados,” said S. Allen Counter, the Harvard Foundation’s director.
“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, a multiyear campaign that will provide children with access to education in over 60 developing countries, giving priority to girls and those affected by lack of access to education in the world today.”
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Rihanna isn’t respected or have any impact, but she just became the first female singer to win Harvard’s Humanitarian Award. pic.twitter.com/NhuC1mJ6WN
— ㅤㅤ (@sc0ttster) February 22, 2017
Rihanna is Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year, an award won by people such as Martin Luther King, Queen Noor of Jordan, Lionel Richie. pic.twitter.com/PPlJk0mtol
— Romy (@badg4lrihanna) February 22, 2017