• Believe
  A public charity organization created by Rihanna in 2006, the charity is dedicated to assisting terminally ill and disadvantaged children worldwide.
• Designers Against AIDS
  Designers Against AIDS is a project of non-profit organisation Beauty Without Irony, and was founded in 2004 to raise AIDS Awareness in the international media and towards the general public, more specifically towards young people in the industrialised countries.
• Live Earth
  Organised by SOS (Save Our Selves), Live Earth is a series of concerts around the world on July 7th, 2007 to engage people on a mass scale to combat our climate crisis.
• Mission Australia
  Aiming to empower disadvantaged and isolated individuals, families and communities by giving them the support they need to get back on track, and lead more fulfilling lives.
• Red Cross
  Providing relief to victims of disasters and helping people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies
• BID 2 BEAT AIDS
  Annual entertainment memorabilia auction with proceeds going to LIFEbeat.
• DKMS
  Connecting bone marrow and stem cell donors with patients in need.
• DoSomething.org
  Aiming to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.
• Raising Malawi
  Volunteer organisation which helps orphans in one of the poorest countries in the world (Malawi) by providing water, food, medical care and schooling.
• UNICEF
  For every child Health, Education, Equality, Protection

Grammy award-winning singer Rihanna has time and again proven her dedication to helping children in need, and created her Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children.

In partnership with charities across the nation, Rihanna has performed a number of concerts to raise funds for both those charities and the Foundation. After her performances, she met children from the local charities, signing autographs and posing for pictures with her young fans.

The Barbadian-born star explains her reasons for starting the Foundation, ”When I was young and I would watch television and I would see all the children suffering, I always said: when I grow up, I want to help.”

From taking time out for little acts of kindness, such as signing a games console for an auction benefiting Mission Australia, her commitment to helping children has extended to becoming a 2007 Cartier LOVECHARITY Bracelet Ambassador, performing at Madonna’s Raising Malawi fundraiser, and even using her fame to help a mother of two find a bone marrow donor.

What’s more, the sultry singer also finds time to support charities which focus on disaster relief, AIDS and environmental issues.

Rihanna performed ‘Umbrella’ at the DKMS gala at Capitale in NYC in 2007.

Rihanna and Gucci have teamed up with UNICEF to raise funds for global poverty projects through the Tattoo Heart Collection Campaign.

The fashion house has created a range of white bags adorned with a tattoo heart, and well known charity supporter Rihanna has modeled the range which will go on sale November 19.

25 per cent of sales from the Rihanna modeled Gucci Tattoo Heart Collection Campaign bags will go to UNICEF.