Rihanna receives Humanitarian award from Harvard University
Singer Rihanna has been honoured with the 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award. She received the award for her work in her native island of Barbados and the charities she has founded over the years. "All you need to do is help one person, expecting nothing in return. To me, that is humanitarian," she said during her speech.
Los Angeles, Mar 1 (PTI) Singer Rihanna has been honoured with the 2017 Harvard Humanitarian of the Year award. The 29-year-old singer was honoured by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations for her work in her native island of Barbados and the charities she has founded over the years, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a ceremony held on Tuesday, Rihanna thanked the university for the honour and delivered an inspiring speech. "So I made it to Harvard. Never thought Id be able to say that in my life, but it feels good," Rihanna said as she jokingly flipped her hair. "I wonder how many 25 cents I could save up to save all the kids in Africa. And I would say to myself, When I grow up and I get rich, Im gonna save kids all over the world. I just didnt know I would be in a position to do that by the time I was a teenager," she added explaining that she has had a passion for helping people since she was a young girl watching commercials about how a quarter could help save a childs life. 