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Rihanna donates $5m to help with coronavirus relief efforts

The fund will help purchase protective gear, medical supplies

Web desk Mar 23, 2020

Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna event at Sephora on September 14, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP)

Singer and actress Rihanna has donated five million dollars to Direct Relief, Partners in Health and WHO’s response fund among others to help with coronavirus relief efforts.

She did this through the Clara Lionel Foundation which she help set up back in 2012 to honour her grandparents.

The foundation made the announcement in an Instagram post over the weekend.

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We’ve responded to COVID-19 by distributing $5 million in grants to @PartnersInHealth @DirectRelief @FeedingAmerica @RescueOrg @WHO and #Barbados to prepare communities w/ critical protective gear, medical supplies, equipment and access to food across multiple countries and regions. #CLF #HealthcareHeroes ?: Partners in Health

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In the post, the CLF said that they were preparing communities with protective gear, medical supplies, equipment and access to food.

Actors Ryan Reynolds and his wife Blake Lively, singer Justin Timberlake, designer Donatella Versace and several others have also donated to help fight the pandemic.