About the cause
Shakira founded the Barefoot Foundation (Fundación Pies Descalzos) in 1997 to give children in vulnerable communities in Colombia access to quality education, building schools and supporting nutrition and early-childhood development.
Major activities
- ✓Building and running schools in Colombia
- ✓School nutrition programmes
- ✓Early-childhood development
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