SHAKIRA DONATES $40 MILLION TO STRICKEN AREAS

Last updated: Friday, September 28, 2007

SHAKIRA DONATES $40 MILLION TO STRICKEN AREAS

Kind-hearted pop star SHAKIRA is donating $40 million (GBP20 million) to help rebuild areas in the Americas hit by recent natural disasters.

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The Columbian singer will donate the money from the foundation Latin America for Solidarity Foundation (ALAS) - which she co-founded with Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The money will go to repair damages caused by an earthquake in Peru and a hurricane in Nicaragua.

She says, "I've seen first-hand many of the challenges facing Latin America. These are challenging problems that no one person can address, but working together everyone can help make a difference."

The pop beauty also revealed the foundation will plough $5 million (GBP2.5 million) into a three-year commitment project for children in the two regions.

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Source: WENN

| Friday, September 28, 2007

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