US pop icon Taylor Swift has donated more than £23,000 to a London schoolgirl raising funds to go to university.
She asked hundreds of companies for help and even posted notes through the letterboxes of homes in affluent areas, but in desperation turned to online crowdfunding, and Swift got in touch. After donating £23,373, Taylor wrote: Swift made no public statement about the donation but her official Twitter account liked a tweet about the story posted by one of Mario’s friends.According to her GoFundMe page, Mario moved to London four years ago from Portugal speaking no English but got top marks in all her exams.