Director of the Harvard Foundation so explained the decision to award exactly Rihanna:
"Rihanna has opened an advanced center for oncology and medical radiology in the hospital of Queen Elizabeth on Barbados. She also founded the Clara Lionel Foundation Scholarship scholarship for students from the Caribbean countries, which learn from American colleges, and supports the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen Project, which provides children from more than 60 developing countries.
The Clara Lionel Foundation Foundation, which provides access to educational and health services for residents of developing countries, Rihanna founded in 2012. In January of this year, the singer went with a charitable visit to Malawi to discuss the possibility of cooperation with local authorities.
In the past, "Philanthrops of the Year" and the owners of the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award became the actor James Earl Jones, the former secretary of the UN Pan Ki-moon, Pakistani activist Malal Yusufzay, Designer Tommy Hilfiger.