On the heels of her extremely celebrated initiative to fund abortion nonprofits throughout the first U.S. leg of her tour, Olivia Rodrigo is taking a barely totally different strategy in Canada.
Tonight, earlier than taking the stage in Montreal for her Guts World Tour, the singer posted a video on her Instagram tales.
“I needed to take a second and discuss concerning the subsequent trigger I’m going to be supporting as a part of my initiative, Fund 4 Good,” she mentioned, her sparkly eyeshadow shimmering.
“For all of the Guts World Tour dates in Canada, I’m going to be donating a portion of my proceeds from ticket gross sales to Girls’s Shelters Canada.”
Rodrigo is performing the “Guts” present for 2 nights in Montreal, then heading to Ontario this week. She’ll return to Canada within the fall to play one other present in Vancouver.
Equally to her help of abortion funds within the U.S., the Fund 4 Good will uplift the work of the group, in addition to encourage followers and supporters to donate.
“Girls’s Shelters Canada helps over 600 shelters throughout the nation,” Rodrigo mentioned in her video. “They assist ladies and kids who’re fleeing abuse and violence.”
The nonprofit calls itself a “sturdy, unified, pan-Canadian voice on the problem of violence towards ladies,” and offers instruments for a whole lot of shelters and organizations, to allow them to channel as a lot of their power into serving to ladies as attainable.
“With our voice, we assist improve consciousness to make sure that politics, laws, and rules are knowledgeable by the experiences and insights of our members — the provincial and territorial shelter networks,” Girls’s Shelters Canada’s web site reads.
“All of this helps to make sure the ladies, youngsters, and gender-diverse individuals who flip to shelters and transition homes of their instances of want obtain the simplest and compassionate help attainable.”
The funds donated by Rodrigo and her followers will go in the direction of sharing assets, enhancing transitional housing, amplifying coverage and advocacy work, offering fast wants for purchasers, and sustaining Sheltersafe.ca and Techsafety.ca — two web sites with assets for girls looking for security.
Rodrigo did some educating of her personal earlier than bidding followers adieu.
“Abuse can take many types. It may be bodily, it may be on-line, it may be emotional, it may be monetary, it may be psychological,” she mentioned. “This can be a essential trigger to me.”
The “Obsessed” singer additionally posted a hyperlink for supporters to be taught extra and donate.
Girls’s Shelters Canada reposted her transient video to its tales, as effectively. With a purple coronary heart emoji — Rodrigo’s signature shade — the group shared its gratitude: “Thanks in your help!”
The morning after her first present in Montreal, the group shared a submit to its Instagram feed.
“Girls’s Shelters Canada is thrilled that Olivia Rodrigo is supporting us on the Canadian leg of her Guts World Tour,” the submit’s caption reads.
“Olivia’s help is permitting us to proceed supporting ladies’s shelters and transition homes throughout the nation and work in the direction of ending gender-based violence.”
The Fund 4 Good is a worldwide initiative that can comply with Rodrigo the world over as she continues on her 75-stop tour.
“Fund 4 Good works to help all ladies, women, and other people looking for reproductive well being freedom,” the singer mentioned earlier than taking the stage on the primary evening of the tour.
“The fund will immediately help community-based nonprofits that champion issues like women’ training, help reproductive rights, and stop gender-based violence.”
Header photos courtesy of Olivia Rodrigo/Instagram
