Six Female-Celeb Philanthropists Who Are Making The World A Better Place to Live In

While some celebrities are all about flaunting their wealth on social media, some believe in doing some quiet works of charity. They make time from their busy schedules to devote to something that will help in taking one step towards doing good in the world. It certainly shows the generous side of celebs. Here we will discuss some of the more famous women who have been steadily doing excellent work for the underprivileged and using their wealth and affluence to useful effect. These women are popular, strong, and excellent in what they do.

Oprah Winfrey

Current billionaire, former talk show host, and popular media personality Oprah Winfrey has been channeling the charitable side of her to dish out hundreds of millions of dollars providing for various organizations and charities. She went ahead and donated $10 million to those affected by Hurricane Katrina. She also contributed to the National Child Protection Act, which was known as the ‘Oprah Bill.’ Well, this bill is the national database of convicted child abusers. She spent a whopping $50.2 million on everything right from health care, education, and advocacy for women and children in the year 2007. We are sure she will continue to invest on a grander scale in the near future.

Beyonce

If you love the queen B for her exceptional singing skills, then you’ll be glad to know that this queen uses her power and position to good effect. She makes giant strides for feminism and also makes her presence felt on social media. In 2014, she started her charity #BeyGood and helped kids in 2014 as she offered supplies at schools where they needed extra funds to flourish. Beyonce also shows up her selfless side by donating regularly to charities, providing almost $7 million to Houston charity to providing shelter for the homeless, without giving an inkling to the public of her charitable side.

Taylor Swift

Taylor earned the distinction of being the most charitable celebrity of the year in the years 2012 and 2013. Swift frequently nabs the title of being one of the most charitable celebrities because of her frequent kind and generous acts. She went on to donate 6,000 books to a library in her home state of Pennsylvania, and another 14,000 books to children’s books to the Nashville public library, ensuring that children will always have enough to read from these libraries. She frequently teaches people to wipe off negativity and concentrate on only the positive aspects of things.

Rihanna

Rihanna focuses on doing only good and nothing but good for others. A few years back, she started working for the UNICEF Tap Project and went on bottle her own tap water. She auctioned off her cell phone on eBay, earned  $66,500, and donated it to the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). In 2014, she worked for Diamond Ball for her charity, the Clara Lionel Foundation. She worked for grandparents and helps people to improve on health, education, arts, and culture, helping communities across the world.

Karlie Kloss

The supermodel is not only great at managing various shoots, cookies, and coding but she is also great at jet-setting and running an organization that helps women empower themselves to struggle, exist and overtake the men in the male-dominated tech industry. Recently, she started with online savvy and stylish carry-ons and backpacks that include features such as built-in tech functionalities such as USB chargers. The cases are tailor-made for students in her organization as they keep the tech gear organized. Some of the percentages of the proceeds are donated to her organization and to coding camps that houses teenagers belonging to the 13-18 age group.

Emma Watson

Emma Watson is someone who walks the talk and besides launching the popular #HeForShe movement, the star actively donates for UNICEF instead of just taking the easy way out and just delivering the birthday or holiday cards. Her philanthropy is widely recognized, so much so that she was invited to a charity dinner with Prince William and other bigwigs who are involved in The Royal Marsden for the biggest cancer center in Europe. Lately, she went a step ahead and designed a Paddington Bear for an auction and the proceeds will help the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

These women teach us how to be fierce, fabulous, and philanthropic at the same time. We are sure there are many more female celebs who are going ahead to help those who need their help the most, certainly making the world a better place to live in.