RiRi helps fund $4.2m grant to aid DV victims in LA amid the Coronavirus

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It’s no secret that some of us are blessed to be able to stay in our homes; whether with safe roommates or alone. Others, however, aren’t so fortunate and often are forced especially now to be with people whom are otherwise unsettling.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey joined RiRi in donating to the fund as both donated upwards of $2.1m each. The fund will help the Mayor ‘s office tackle the rise in DV amid the Coronavirus (and those cases that existed before.) It was recently discovered that calls to domestic violence hotlines amid the novel COVID-19 virus actually soared.

The fund will help with shelter; meals, counselling and the like for up to 90 DV victims a week for 10 weeks.