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.

   

 

More News >>