Shakira has a big
heart  Friday, September 27th,
2007
Her hips don't lie, and her wallet don't
close. Pop singer Shakira has a corazón grande - a big
heart! At the Clinton Global Initiative (where Brangelina frolicked this
week), Shakira announced that she has just donated $45 million to
charity: $40 million towards repairing the earthquake and
hurricane damage in Nicaragua, and $5 million towards health and
education in four different Latin American Countries. She's also
hosting a discussion on youth activism tomorrow at the Clinton Global
Initiative.
"I've seen first hand many of the
challenges facing Latin America," she said. "These are challenging
problems that no one person can address, but working together everyone
can help make a difference."
And what else has she been doing
lately? At the conclusion of her latest tour, Shakira took a
break: to go back to school! For the last month, she's been
studying at the University of California in Los Angeles, taking classes
on the history of western civilization. The class just ended, and
her instructor, Robert Cleve, said he hadn't even known she was a
celebrity.
"She told me she was visiting from Colombia
and that she was just doing this for her own enlightenment and
enjoyment," Cleve said. "She looked just like an ordinary
student. She wasn't flamboyant...she didn't act like a big
celebrity or anything." He also said he was impressed with how
intelligent she was in the class.
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