Rihanna Donates 4,000 Tablets to Barbados Schools
By: The Executive Tea Staff
There are countless things to love about Bad Gal Riri, but her commitment to philanthropy is definitely on the top of the list! Rihanna, alongside Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, have donated money to various social justice causes and support for communities afflicted by coronavirus, and now, they’re giving back to Barbados. Through their respective foundations - Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation and Jack Dorsey’s Start Small Foundation, the two opened their purse to benefit students in RiRi’s home island.
In an Instagram video posted today, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley thanked Rihanna for donating 4,000 tablets for students in Barbados. This is really big, because according to UNICEF, over half a million children across the Caribbean have seen their education disrupted due to the pandemic. The tablets were also donated to help out the ministry of education after they fell short of its goal to get 10,000 tablets.
“I want to thank our own Ambassador Fenty and her Clara Lionel Foundation as well as the Jack Dorsey Start Small Foundation for coming together and donating 4,000 tablets to Barbadian school children,” Mottley said in the video. “We all know that education is the most important gift that we can give any child and to the extent that we can ensure that there is no digital divide among all of our students, that is our duty,” she continued. “Of course, our government will continue to make sure that we get there.”
We stan a generous queen.
