Shakira, Humanitarian of the Year
When Shakira was just seven, her parents went bankrupt and the family was forced into poverty overnight. Her father had to sell everything, including their furniture. She had to lie on a mattress on the floor, but she realized that she was better off when her mother showed her homeless kids in a nearby park who sniffed glue to suppress their hunger.
So what did Shakira decide? Let's hear it in her own words:
"We had a comfortable life and then one day, I was shown something else. From that day on, I became obsessed to vindicate my family, my family's economic situation, and to one day help those kids that I saw on the streets," said the singer, who has sold 60 million albums worldwide. "From that moment on, I was obsessed with achieving success to get my family back on its feet, to restore my family's economic position, but I was also obsessed with someday doing something for kids like the ones who made such a huge impact on my young mind."
And that is precisely what the Latin pop singer is doing right now. And in honour of her charitable work towards providing better health and education to needy children in South America, Shakira has been named "Humanitarian of the Year" by the People en Español magazine.
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