Singer Shakira The 46-year-old is one of the most famous artists in the world and everything she does or says immediately becomes news. the ex of Gerard Piqué He has just started a new life in Miami but he never stopped working on his professional career or on his dreams.
Shakira He showed his philanthropic side when he created the Pies Descalzos Foundation in 1997. Since then, the organization of the ex de Gerard Piqué works with the objective of helping poor children in Colombia so that they can access public education.
on more than one occasion Shakira has shown the achievements of his foundation on his social networks before his more than 86 million followers from all latitudes. Now a short clip of the singer has gone viral several years ago in which she explains the reason for the name and the truth behind Pies Descalzos.
“When I was 8 years old, I moved into my house and my parents had sold most of our furniture and we went from having a relatively comfortable life to less comfort. I felt a lot of frustration because my parents’ businesses had not been going well and they saw me so depressed that they took me to the park,” said Shakira.
“There I saw all the orphaned children smelling glue to be able to deal with the tragedy of their lives with the abandonment with which they lived, children with bare feet, that image stayed so marked in my head that that day I made a promise to myself.” I have to succeed in life’ and if I can I have to do something for these children who also deserve a decent future. That’s why at 18 years old when I have my international success with the song Pies Descalzos, I decide to found this organization,” he closed. Shakira and made clear the truth behind its founding.