Rihanna and Jay-Z‘s foundations have together donated $2 million to COVID-19 relief efforts.
13.03.2020 - 21:19 / etcanada.com
Mark Zuckerberg is putting some of his multiple millions to good use: battling the coronavirus.
In a post the Facebook chairman and CEO shared on his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg, 35, revealed that Facebook will match up to $10 million in donations to the World Health Organization and another $10 million to the CDC Foundation.
“A lot of people have told us they want to help fight coronavirus but aren’t sure how, so we’ve worked with the United Nations Foundation and the World Health
Rihanna and Jay-Z‘s foundations have together donated $2 million to COVID-19 relief efforts.
Jay-Z and Rihanna are joining forces for a special cause.
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The Producers Guild of America is joining the ranks of organizations hustling to provide financial assistance to industry members who are out of work amid the coronavirus outbreak. The guild is launching Producers Guild of America Relief Fund with a starting gift of $100,000 from Grey's Anatomy producer and former PGA president Mark Gordon, the organization announced Tuesday.
DJ D-Nice dropped in on The Tonight Show: At Home Edition on Monday (March 24) to chat about his recent epic DJ sets on Instagram Live.Over the course of the week, D-Nice's online dance party grew from a small group of friends finding a way to connect during quarantine to 100,000 people tuning in to the live stream, including the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Drake, Kelly Rowland and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook is contributing is supply of 720,000 respiratory masks to U.S. health care workers and is looking to procure millions of additional masks, joining Apple and others pitching in to provide the protective gear amid critical shortages during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Rihanna's nonprofit organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation, has donated $5 million toward coronavirus response efforts on a global scale. The pop star and mogul's initiative — which she launched in 2012, and named for her grandparents — will be supporting Direct Relief, Partners In Health, Feeding America, the International Rescue Committee, World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund as they continue to battle the pandemic in the U.S., the Caribbean and Africa.
Rihanna's nonprofit organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation, has donated $5 million towards Coronavirus response efforts on a global scale.