When the 20-year old singer learned about a New York City mom stricken with Leukemia who needs a marrow transplant, she immediately offered to help. She said, When I learned about Lisa Gershowitz Flynns plight, my heart broke, I said, I need to get the word out about Lisa right away.

Flynn learned that she has an aggressive form of cancer called Acute Myelogenous Leukemia right after Thanksgiving. According to doctors, she needs to find a donor match soon.

Rihanna is working with DKMS, an organization focused on providing the best donor match for patients. They have the largest database in the world. Rihanna believes in the organizations purpose, I think DKMS is an incredible charity because you can really see the results.

Flynn has kind words for the sultry singer, For Rihanna to even be thinking about helping others and putting herself out there when she is so busy with her career is tremendous.

Rihanna was also named the honorary Cultural Ambassador for her native homeland Barbados by the Barbados Tourism Authority.