A week ago, the international pop star met with French President Emmanuel Macron to talk about education for underprivileged children and now the singer’s Clara Lionel Foundation has announced a funding partnership with the world’s leading bike-sharing platform to do just that.

The “1 KM Action” is a five-year partnership with ofo which will provide funding to CLF’s Global Scholarship Program for girls in Malawi and bikes for the students to relieve the transportation challenges, which is a factor in the high dropout rates of kids in the African country.

“I’m so happy about the Clara Lionel Foundation’s new partnership with ofo because it will help so many young people around the world receive a quality education, and also help the young girls of Malawi get to school safely, cutting down those very long walks they make to and from school all alone,” Rihanna said in a press release.

There are 4.6 million students in primary school in Malawi but only 8% complete secondary school, with girls specifically impacted. Ofo’s involvement is a game-changer in the effort to turn those numbers around.

“We are delighted to work with Rihanna and the Clara Lionel Foundation on this innovative initiative as we are keen to help improve education accessibility for students living in poverty,” said ofo founder and CEO Dai Wei in a press release. “We believe in unlocking every corner in the world with equal access to education as well as with our bike-sharing scheme.”

Rihanna was inspired to make a change after she visited Malawi in January 2017 as part of her role as Ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education with Global Citizen. Her journey was captured on film in a short documentary.

The collaboration between CLF and ofo extends beyond Malawi as the company carried out “1 KM Action” to support scholarships for students in China, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica and Rihanna’s native country of Barbados.

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The “Umbrella” singer, an ambassador for Global Partnership for Education and founder of the non-profit, Clara Lionel Foundation, met with the politician on Wednesday, July 26 with the goal of educating millions of children.

“264M children are out of school: let’s take up this challenge!” Macron tweeted along with an image of he and Rihanna.

Committed with @GlblCtzn, @ClaraLionelFdn and @rihanna to #FundEducation. 264M children are out of school : let’s take up this challenge! pic.twitter.com/tzvo5EBIPl

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 26, 2017

Rihanna spoke to journalists outside of the Elysee palace in Paris shortly after the meeting saying, “We focused on the topic of education from global aspects, and we will make a very big announcement this coming September.”

The singer also expressed her gratitude toward Macron and his wife, Brigitte, on Twitter.

Thank you Mr. President @EmmanuelMacron and Madame First Lady for the incredible meeting and passion for global and girls education!

— Rihanna (@rihanna) July 26, 2017

Rihanna previously reached out to Macron in June, while also tweeting to leaders in Canada, Argentina, and Germany in hopes that the countries will commit to funding education.

bonjour @EmmanuelMacron, will France commit to #FundEducation?

— Rihanna (@rihanna) June 23, 2017

@JustinTrudeau I know you had our backs during the #GlobalCitizen Festival, will you recommit Canada to #FundEducation?

— Rihanna (@rihanna) June 23, 2017

hey there @mauriciomacri, what’s your plan for Argentina to commit to #FundEducation?

— Rihanna (@rihanna) June 23, 2017

Germany, I’m checking in to see where we are on the commitment to #FundEducation w/ @GPforEducation? @regsprecher, I’m depending on you!

— Rihanna (@rihanna) June 23, 2017

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The “Work” singer has been busying doing just that, as she visited Malawi in January 2017 as part of a collaboration with Clara Lionel, Global Partnership, and Global Citizen to advocate for strong education.

Rihanna’s philanthropy hasn’t gone unnoticed. In March of this year, Harvard selected her as their Humanitarian of the Year.

In her acceptance speech, the Barbados-born singer recounted seeing commercials as a child that encouraged viewers to donate 25 cents to help save a life of a child in an underprivileged country.

“All you need to do is help one person, expecting nothing in return,” Rihanna said. “To me, that is a humanitarian. People make it seem way too hard, man. The truth is — and what the little girl watching those commercials didn’t know — is that you don’t have to be rich to be a humanitarian, to help somebody. You don’t have to be famous. You don’t have to be college-educated.”

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