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Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation Donates $5 Million to Coronavirus Response Efforts

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Rihanna's nonprofit organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation, has donated $5 million toward coronavirus response efforts on a global scale.

The pop star and mogul's initiative — which she launched in 2012, and named for her grandparents — will be supporting Direct Relief, Partners In Health, Feeding America, the International Rescue Committee, World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund as they continue to battle the pandemic in the U.S., the Caribbean and Africa.

Never has it been more important or urgent to protect and prepare marginalized and underserved communities — those who will be hit hardest by this pandemic." said Justine Lucas, Executive Director of the Clara Lionel Foundation, in a statement.

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