Barefoot Foundation
Nominee Profile: Shakira
via WENN
This Do Something Music Artist nominee leads a busy life as a musician and performer, but did you know that she has devoted her life to education and advocacy for the children of the world? In the last year Shakira has founded a school in her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, and been honored by the UN's International Labour Organization for her charitable work.
Shakira gets schooled
via Straits Times
Hip-shaking superstar Shakira has just opened her sixth – yes sixth! – school for underprivileged children. Over ten years ago, the singer started her Fundacion Pies Descalzos (that’s The Barefoot Foundation to all you non-Spanish speakers), and since then they’ve been running education and nutrition programs to improve the lives of children in her native Columbia.
