Rihanna Donates US $ 5 Million For Handling COVID-19 In Barbados

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JAKARTA - In the midst of musicians who entertain fans through live streaming, singer Rihanna has chosen to help victims affected by COVID-19 or the corona virus, starting from her hometown, Barbados.

TMZ reported, Sunday, March 22, RiRi - as he is called - offered assistance worth US $ 5 million (US) to help those affected by the corona virus.

The money is equivalent to a ventilator worth 700 thousand US dollars to be sent to Barbados. Not only ventilators, money will be used to buy groceries, medical equipment for doctors and nurses working, as well as tests for countries lacking such as Malawi and Haiti.

He reportedly distributed the donation through the Clara Lionel Foundation, a non-profit organization he founded in 2012. He did this after Barbados reported two recent cases yesterday. If you accumulate it, today, March 23rd, Barbados has reached a total of 17 cases.

The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, also conveyed the news about the funding assistance. He said the singer, who was born on February 20, channeled 1.4 million Barbadian dollars to buy a ventilator. Rihanna is known to really love her hometown.

#BREAKING - Barbados PM Mia Mottley announces that Barbadian songstress @rihanna has offered to purchase ventilators worth a total BB $ 1.4 million (US $ 700,000) for Barbados as it tackles the coronavirus pandemic pic.twitter.com/0gjOdsPEYF

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There are not many artists or public figures who openly offer assistance like Rihanna. In fact, this action is urgently needed considering the increasing number of victims.

Apart from the donation, it is reported that Rihanna is still in the recording process for her latest album which is often called R9. RiRi was reluctant to mention the extent of the process but he did not want to promise anything to his fans.