Washington
(ANI):
R
and
B
singer
Rihanna
has
been
named
Barbados'
youth
and
cultural
ambassador.
The
island's
Prime
Minister
David
Thompson
bestowed
the
20-year-old
star
with
the
honorary
award
at
a
rally
held
on
21st
Feb.
The
'Umbrella" singer
will
also
be
rewarded
by
the
Barbadian
government
for
her
cultural
efforts,
reports
Contactmusic.
She
will
soon
be
given
a
plot
of
land
in
the
exclusive
Apes
Hill
area
of
St
James
parish
as
a
gratification
by
the
govt.
Recently,
the
pop
star
was
also
given
the
sexiest
female
musician
title
by
lingerie
company
Victoria's
Secret.
R
and
B
singer
Rihanna
surely
has
a
heart
of
gold,
for
the
singer
immediately
stepped
forward
to
help
after
learning
that
a
leukemia-stricken
NYC
mom
of
two
was
in
desperate
need
of
a
marrow
transplant.
Though,
the
20-year-old
singer
had
a
busy
last
week,
she
went
out
of
her
way
to
help
the
lady-in-need.
'When
I
heard
about
Lisa
[Gershowitz
Flynn]'s
plight,
my
heart
brokeI
said,
'I
need
to
get
the
word
out
about
Lisa
right
away," People
quoted
Rihanna,
as
saying.
The
singer
is
working
with
DKMS,
the
world's
largest
non-profit
marrow
donor
center
to
help
raise
awareness
for
the
need
for
people
to
come
forward
to
become
donors.
"I
think
DKMS
is
an
incredible
charity
because
you
can
really
see
the
results.
My
own
charity,
Believe,
works
specifically
with
children
in
need
[and
with
children
with
leukemia]," she
said.
"Children
need
their
mothers
more
than
anything
else
in
the
world.
Lisa
has
two
children.
My
charity
will
continue
to
work
with
DKMS,
because
in
finding
a
way
to
save
Lisa's
life,
we
will
in
turn
be
saving
her
children's
lives," she
added.
Meanwhile,
Flynn,
is
gob-smacked
that
the
pop
star
is
taking
time
out
to
try
to
find
a
donor
match
for
her
and
many
others
who
may
die
if
they
don't
get
one.
"For
Rihanna
to
even
be
thinking
about
helping
others
and
putting
herself
out
there
when
she
is
so
busy
with
her
career
is
tremendous,"
said
Flynn.
The
41-year-old
mother
of
Michael,
5,
and
Alexandra,
3,
learned
she
has
an
aggressive
form
of
cancer
called
Acute
Myelogenous
Leukemia
the
day
after
Thanksgiving.
Doctors
told
her
she
has
four
to
six
weeks
to
find
a
life-saving
donor
match.