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10-10-2008 08:55
"Most vividly, I remember my father walking me by a park and watching the street children who lived there. They were my age and their faces didn't look all that different from mine or my friends, yet these children truly had nothing. They lived in the dirt, in tattered clothes and with bare feet, scrounging through garbage for anything to eat. Many sniffed glue to dull the pain of their existence."At that moment, I promised myself that if I was ever able to help, I would."
Since finding fame and fortune, Shakira has set up her own successful charitable foundation in Colombia, Pies Descalzos, to help the nation's poorest children. Earlier this month (Oct08) she announced plans to take her charity global.
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