Olivia Rodrigo‘s first-ever live performance within the Philippines was something however bitter on Saturday (Oct. 5), particularly after the 21-year-old pop star donated all the web income from her ticket gross sales to a charity supporting ladies’s well being.
Shortly after the Guts World Tour cease in Bocaue’s Philippine Enviornment concluded, Rodrigo — who’s half Filipina — introduced her partnership with Jhpiego on Instagram. “been dreaming of this present for a whileeeee,” the “Vampire” singer wrote, sharing a video of herself waving to her followers on stage on the present. “my first time within the Philippines and likewise my largest venue ever!!!!! thanks to everybody Manila for welcoming me so generously and making me really feel so beloved.”
“I’m SO stoked that every one the web ticket gross sales from final night time could possibly be donated to @jhpiego via my fund 4 good,” Rodrigo continued. “I bought to go to the group whereas I used to be in Manila and was so impressed by the work they’re doing offering healthcare to ladies and women within the Philippines. It was probably the most particular present and probably the most significant journey. to say I’m grateful doesn’t even minimize it! Mahal kita.”
The three-time Grammy winner additionally included images from her go to to the Jhpiego workplace, certainly one of which confirmed her sitting round a convention desk with a gaggle of ladies and one other of which discovered the star posing with individuals from the group and a customized “welcome” signal. In one other snap, she poses with a “Miss So Filipina” sash throughout her live performance at Philippine Enviornment, a play on her Guts deluxe observe “So American.”
Rodrigo has been supporting ladies’s causes all through her eight-month trek through her Fund 4 Good, via which a portion of her ticket proceeds has been repeatedly funneled to native nonprofits that champion women’ educations, reproductive rights and extra. In accordance with Jhpiego’s web site, the group is lively in additional than 35 international locations the world over and gives life-saving well being care to struggle in opposition to situations resembling cervical most cancers, malaria, HIV and problems from being pregnant and childbirth.
“We’re past honored to be the nonprofit #oliviarodrigo selected to help throughout her first go to to the Philippines,” Jhpiego wrote in a press release on its Instagram Story. “Her generosity and dedication to ladies’s well being will make a long-lasting impression. Collectively, we’re serving to extra younger ladies and women entry the care and help they want!”
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