Shakira Pies Descalzos Foundation
Barefoot foundation pies descalzos foundation is a colombian charity founded by pop artist shakira in 1997 with the aim of helping poor and impoverished children.
Shakira pies descalzos foundation. The future together colombia needs its children to attend school 7 hours a day for 188 days a year. Video oficial de shakira de su tema pies descalzos suenos blancos. To achieve this goal we need 63000 classrooms corresponding to 3000 schools. The pies descalzos foundation was founded in barranquilla colombia during the late 90s when shakira only 18 years old at the time decided to take up the social duty of collaborating on efforts to improve the education nutrition and health of the most vulnerable.
Counterpart barefoot foundation will open its seventh school and community center in colombia next fall. Haz clic aqui para escuchar a shakira en spotify. Shakira created the foundation after her first international success pies descalzos worried about the life conditions of children in situation of vulnerability. Launched 17 years ago her pies descalzos foundation and its us.
The pies descalzos mission statement is the barefoot foundation works to ensure that every colombian child can exercise their right to a quality education. When she was just 18 years old shakira kept that promise with the launch of her pies descalzos foundation dedicated to helping colombian americans and the others parts of the world children who have been victimized by poverty and displacement. On february 4 2009 the pies descalzos foundation opened its fifth school in a ceremony attended by colombian president alvaro uribe and shakira. The school will serve 1800 students in barranquilla and create a community center in a neighborhood suffering from poverty and displacement.