Rihanna to help leukemia sufferers

Pop star Rihanna has vowed to help leukaemia sufferers after the six-year-old girl she attempted to save from the disease passed away in January. Little Jasmina Anema captured the “Umbrella” hitmaker’s heart in 2008 after the youngster’s desperate family appealed online for bone marrow donors.

The singer supported the public appeal, and kept in close contact with Jasmina, but was left “heartbroken” when the child passed away in hospital last month. Now the singer has submitted a request for funding from bosses at beverage giant Pepsi, who have launched the Refresh Project, which hands out $20 million annually to good causes.