The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference, co-hosted by Presidents Macky Sall (Senegal) and Emmanuel Macron (France), convenes heads of states, NGOs, and business leaders to commit funding to education. Rihanna, GPE’s Global Ambassador, attended and addressed the powerhouse audience of global leaders.
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CLF held its third annual Diamond Ball on Thursday, September 14 at Cipriani Wall Street. Hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle, the benefit raised over $5 million to support CLF’s global education, health and emergency response programs around the world.
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The Clara Lionel Foundation announced a new partnership with the international nonprofit, The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed), and the bike sharing platform, ofo, to fund scholarships to impact 7,500 girls in Malawi by 2020.
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The Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) is responding to the tragic natural disasters that have affected the southern United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean over the past month. CLF is committed to responding to natural disasters and working with trusted emergency response partners on the ground to help during times of crises.
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Donate today to CLF’s “$1 Campaign” – a new fundraising effort that continues Rihanna’s ongoing support for global education. Every one dollar donated will be a chance for one fan to win a trip to attend the upcoming Diamond Ball in New York City on September 14.
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Rihanna is determined to give the opportunity to get an education to as many girls as possible — and not only via scholarships (although she funds plenty of those as well). On Tuesday, the star announced that her Clara Lionel Foundation, which she founded in 2012 and named after her grandparents, has teamed up with ofo, a Beijing-based bike-share initiative, to provide bikes to young girls in Malawi to help them get to school quickly and safely.
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Rihanna is actively campaigning around the world as ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education — this time in France.
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Rihanna tweets at world leaders urging them to support funding for Education before their meetings at the G20 Summit in Germany.
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Dave Chapelle will host Rihanna’s third Diamond Ball charity event and Kendrick Lamar will perform. The fundraising gala will benefit Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation and take place September 14th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
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In January, music’s reigning icon Rihanna, Global Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), visited a school in Malawi to learn about the educational challenges facing students there. Besides singing some of the most popular music on the planet, Rihanna is also an avowed humanitarian and the founder of the Clara Lionel Foundation, which has partnered with Global Citizen and GPE to advocate for improving access to education for some of the world’s poorest students.
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