Rihanna & Twitter CEO Team Up For $4.2M Donation To Help Domestic Violence Victims Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
Rihanna has been using her quarantine time to find multiple ways to help out during this coronavirus pandemic.
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As we reported last month, the beloved superstar’s nonprofit organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation, pledged $5 million to support groups in the United States and around the world. Shortly after, the singer joined forces with Jay-Z’s foundation, The Shawn Carter Foundation, to also donate $2 million for COVID-19 response efforts.
According to Billboard, it looks Riri is at it again! In a joint statement posted Thursday, Rihanna and Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey announced that they have teamed up together to donate $4.2 million to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles to help domestic violence victims in LA amid the coronavirus lockdown. TMZ noted that the big donation from the 32-year-old singer’s foundation and the Twitter CEO comes amid reports that at least 90 people are being turned away from full domestic violence shelters in L.A. per week, ever since California declared a safer-at-home order last month.
It was said that the money will be able to cover housing, meals, and counseling for 90 victims per week for 10 weeks. It will also cover an additional 90 victims per week for 10 weeks after that.
This move is now also the latest contribution from Dorsey, who earlier this week who gave up 28 percent of his wealth — $1 billion to coronavirus relief efforts.
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