:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/J4QXB2JCQBHOXGAVR3LTYRBCCY.jpg "Shakira celebrated the anniversary of one of her first schools in Barranquilla: “Let’s keep dreaming”")
In addition to his music, Shakira He became world famous for his social work in the country with his barefoot foundation, which she created when she was barely 18 and was already a successful artist in Colombia. Despite the passage of years and the fact that today she is a world star, the woman from Barranquilla does not miss an opportunity to highlight the achievements of her non-profit organization and the children who have benefited from it.
On March 2, the Colombian singer proudly posted on her social networks that one of the first schools to open in her native country Barranquilla I was about to be 14. It is important to emphasize that the foundation Barefoot it was created to meet the needs of boys and girls in vulnerable situations and displaced by violence; Over the years, he has concentrated his efforts in the field of education.
“Happy birthday to our school on the beach of Pies Descalzos. 14 years ago in Barranquilla we built a school that has transformed the lives of thousands of childrenfamilies and an entire community,” said Shakira on social media and added two images. One of them with the celebration that took place in the educational institution with several of the beneficiary children.
The trill of the barranquillera received almost 17,000 “likes” and thousands of responses that celebrated and applauded the work that Shakira continues to provide education to thousands of boys and girls with limited resources in the country. For her part, the 46-year-old singer stressed that she was very proud to be behind an initiative that has enabled several of these minors to become model young university students.
“It was wonderful to see so many children flying who became model teenagers and exemplary students. We made it, Of course it can be done and we will continue to dream those dreams because they are achievable. for so many people,” he added. Shakira in your position.
In his latest exclusive interview with journalist Enrique Acevedo, Shakira He talked about his social work and pointed out that “with the Foundation we are very happy because we are building 4 new schools in Colombia, each one will have around 960 students, that is almost 2,000 new students. We are currently enrolling 9,000 children who have not had access to a decent education”.
“It’s been my life’s dream since I was 18. Help improve the living conditions I witnessed growing up in a country like mine and we were able to transform the lives of many children who could have had a much worse or unfair fate, but are now in college . It’s a huge satisfaction, I’ve always felt that education is the fastest way to improve the lives of people born into the circle of poverty and it has been nice to see how when a school is founded, the whole community is positively transformed. The impact is not only on the child, but extends to the whole society,” added the Colombian.
At present, the barefoot foundation To seven educational institutions in Colombiawith which he gave access to education to more than a million miners of scarce resources. Indeed, at the end of 2022, the organization opened a new educational headquarters in The Guajira and also announced that it was financing the New Forest Mega Collegewhich will be located south of Barranquilla.
As we know, the project has a cost of 14 billion pesos, of which the District of Barranquilla contributes 65% of the investment and the Pies Descalzos Foundation, with 35%. Mayor Jaime Pumarejo stressed that this new school will contribute to the education of at least 1,190 children and young people enrolled and will be part of the district’s initiative of institutions bilingual in the city. In November, they reported that works were at 86% with the construction of classrooms, fields and other complementary spaces.
In detail, the District indicated that the school will have 22 regular classrooms, 4 preschool classrooms, 2 laboratories, an art room, a technology room, a multipurpose room, a kitchen and a dining room, an administrative area, 3 sports fields and bathrooms. . in an area of 6,073 square meters.