Shakira's 'Barefoot' to Focus on Poverty World Wide

Ashley Tyner


Shakira is a longtime activist for Latin America's poor children. Her and Alejandro Sanz are member of Latin America in Solidarity Action (ALAS is the Spanish acronym) which is a non profit coalition founded by Latin American Artists, intellectuals and business leaders to promote social communities and early childhood development programs in Latin America.

Shakira plans to make her colombian children's foundation a global one in the near future. For less than $2 a day, a child can be provided w/ top quality education and the nutrition needed to be able to function and be able to learn "because a kid with an empty stomach can not learn" says Shakira. Singers, Shakira and Alejandro Sanz asked the presidents of Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, El Salvador, and Panama to adopt an agreement on combating child poverty during upcoming Iberoamerican Summit in late October

ALAS held all-star fundraising concerts in Mexico and Argentina that helped secure $200 million in donations. Shakira states, " We are not a passive generation, we're very proactive. We want to see all those brutal contrasts in our world disappear, we want to see poverty eliminated because we believe it's possible."