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Putting family bickering behind them, the Carters have moved on to bigger and better issues, with Beyonce opening up her wallet for a good cause.
The R&B/ Pop superstar recently donated half a mill to Chime for Change, an organization that supports girls and young women in areas of education, health and social justice.
According to a press release, the $500,000 will be distributed as follows:
EDUCATION: $125,000 to support 100 school girls at Shining Hope for Communities schools in Kenya for one year.
HEALTH: $125,000 to provide 320 Embrace infant warmers to 100 rural health facilities in 11 Millennium Village sites across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Mali, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, and Ethiopia). The Embrace infant warmers will help more than 1,900 at-risk newborns survive and thrive.
JUSTICE: $125,000 to provide 600 Sisters in Strength Youth Leaders and Alumni in New York City with the critical educational and mentoring support, job training, counseling services, and resources they need to successfully navigate and graduate from high school and college through Girls for Gender Equity.
JUSTICE: $125,000 to provide 25 human trafficking survivors in Los Angeles with counseling, medical care, legal services, and individual recovery treatment to rebuild their lives through the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking.
Check out Bee and sis Solange enjoying themselves at the Chime for Change's one-year anniversary party above.
Source: rollingout.com
