According to Daily Mail on August 21, a black female student called on people todonate money for college through a post on the fundraising platform GoFundMe.After hearing the news, Taylor Swift quickly donated 23,000 pounds.Vitoria Mario (18 years old) dreams of becoming a mathematician in the future butcannot enter university due to financial problems. The black female studentmigrated from Portugal to live with relatives in Tottenham (UK) 4 years ago. Shecould barely pay for her studies while her father passed away and her motherremained in Portugal. After asking for help everywhere but receiving no response,she decided to ask the community to raise money for her to go to school throughthe fundraising platform GoFundMe. The amount of money that Vitoria Mariowants to achieve is about 40,000 pounds (more than 1.2 billion VND) to pay fortuition, buy supplies, learning equipment and living expenses for 4 years ofuniversity.
After reading the above female student’s appeal, Taylor Swift reviewed anddecided to donate 23,000 pounds (more than 700 million VND) to help the blackgirl pay tuition. The singer of Look what you made me do did not forget to leave amessage: “Vitoria, I read your story online, they really inspire people because ofyour motivation and your efforts to transform dream come true. I want to give youthe rest of my goal amount. Good luck with everything you do. Best regards,Taylor.” In response, the 18-year-old female student expressed her happiness:”My mind was blown away when I read those words. I wondered how I couldachieve the target number and now, the miracle has happened” and thankedeveryone for their support.
Taylor Swift continuously puts money into her pocket to help many difficultsituations
Previously, on the fundraising platform GoFundMe, Vitoria Mario said her goal wasto raise 40,000 pounds to be able to enter the university gate. The black femalestudent revealed that she is qualified to major in Mathematics at the prestigiousWarwick University with impressive achievements. Vitoria Mario explained thatshe did not meet the criteria to borrow social assistance loans because she didnot have a house, her family had a low income and was not qualified to supporther studies.”Sadly, my father passed away and my mother is still in Portugal.Leaving her was a big challenge for me, but it was a legitimate sacrifice in thefamily’s mind. If you want to receive a good education like in England, you have tomake trade-offs,” the poor girl expressed.
Before deciding to set up a fundraising page, Vitoria Mario sent emails to 442people from leading companies hoping to receive support or useful advice, butthey were all ignored or rejected without reason.”Desperately searching for asolution to my path, I went to the wealthiest post offices in London, includingKensington, left my story through letterboxes and sadly no one cared. coming,”the U.20 female student revealed. She said her dream of becoming amathematician in the future not only opens up a better life for her family, but alsoinspires people in the same situation to be motivated to reach a better future, nomatter what. addressing gender inequality, racism, immigration andfinancial barriers.
With help from Taylor Swift and many other individuals on social media, VitoriaMario is getting closer to college
Not only famous for her quality music products, Taylor Swift is a star who workshard for charity and is very interested in social issues. In early 2020, she donated1 million USD (more than 23 billion VND) to victims of the tornado disaster inTennessee (USA). Recently, the 30-year-old singer also quietly provided financialsupport to help a record store in her hometown affected by Covid-19. At the sametime, she did not hesitate to send money to support some fans to help themovercome the difficulties of the epidemic season.
