Singer. Actress. Make-up mogul. Is there anything Rihanna can't do? In her role as an advocate for education, the Bajan beauty has managed to help raise billions to help advance learning for underprivileged children around the world.
Through her charity the Clara Lionel Foundation which she has run since 2012, Rihanna has worked with the Global Partnership for Education as an ambassador, and has been a keen supporter of expanding literacy across the world.
Today’s @GPforEducation Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal raised over $2.3B for global education!📓✏️🌎 @rihanna @GlblCtzn #FundEducation #CLF pic.twitter.com/FjBMvGHdPJ
— Clara Lionel Fdn (@ClaraLionelFdn) February 2, 2018
Taking to the stage in Dakar, Senegal, at the Global Partnership for Education's Financing Conference, Rihanna slipped into her ambassador role, and delivered a speech praising the progress made so far. She promised "This is a fight that we are never going to stop fighting until every boy and every girl has access to education."
The conference was jointly hosted by Macky Sall, the president of Senegal and Emmanuel Macron, the French president.
Rihanna has kept tabs on the progress, reminding world leaders of their funding commitments over Twitter.
Merci @emmanuelmacron for stepping up to co-host @GPforEducation’s Financing Conference in Dakar! Will France 🇫🇷 pledge €250M for @GPforEducation tomorrow? @claralionelfdn @glblctzn 🌍
— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2018
hi @JulieBishopMP & @TurnbullMalcolm will you step up w/ a 🇦🇺 $200M pledge to #FundEducation at the @GPforEducation conference in Senegal tomorrow? Kick off your 1st year on the #HumanRightsCouncil by giving the universal human right to education! 📚🌏 @claralionelfdn @glblctzn
— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2018
🇬🇧 Hello @theresa_may and @PennyMordaunt, please continue to prioritize girls’ education and be a top funder of @GPforEducation. Will @DFID_UK make a historic commitment of £380M to #FundEducation tomorrow? ✏️ @claralionelfdn @glblctzn
— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 1, 2018
So inspiring, she's really using her platform for good! Keep slaying, RiRi!
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