Pop star/humanitarian Shakira is planning to build a school for needy children in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The star’s Pies Descalzos Foundation will finance the construction of a new school in Port-au-Prince.
The Colombian pop star arrived in the devastated Caribbean island nation on Sunday and sent the day meeting with survivors of January’s 7.0 quake, most of whom of still living in makeshift camps. The singer waved to onlookers and greeted infants living on a Haitian golf course that has turned into a camp for 50,000 quake survivors.
Shakira is hoping to find suitable land on which to build the school.
Her Barefoot Foundation provides nutrition to more than 6,000 children in Colombia, and she is member of the ALAS foundation that advocates for children across Latin America.
Earlier this year, the “Hips Don’t Lie” hitmaker was honored for her charity work by the United Nations.