Rihanna named Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year Rihanna never went to college but the R&B superstar voiced delight as she was presented an award by Harvard University for her humanitarian work. “So I made it to Harvard! Never thought I would be able to say that in my life, but it feels good,” a beaming Rihanna said to

Rihanna named Harvard’s Humanitarian of the
Year
Rihanna never went to college but the R&B
superstar voiced delight as she was presented
an award by Harvard University for her
humanitarian work.
“So I made it to Harvard! Never thought I
would be able to say that in my life, but it
feels good,” a beaming Rihanna said to
students’ cheers at the prestigious US
university Tuesday evening.
Rihanna honoured as Harvard’s Humanitarian
of the Year
Harvard named the 29-year-old singer its
Humanitarian of the Year, pointing to her
projects that include an advanced center to
treat breast cancer in her native Barbados and
support for girls’ education around the
developing world.
Rihanna said she had set up her first charity
at age 18 and remarked: “People make it
seem way too hard, man.”
“You don’t need to be rich to help someone,
you don’t need to be famous, you don’t even
need to be college-educated,” she said, while
joking that she wished she were.
“I want to challenge each of you to make a
commitment to help one person, one
organization, one situation that touches your
heart,” she said.
“My grandmother always used to say, ‘If you
got a dollar, there’s plenty to share.'”
Rihanna, who was discovered by a music
executive while still a teenager, has also set
up a scholarship program named after her
grandparents for Caribbean students in the
United States.