Double facet personality

When most people think of Shakira, they think of hips, music and sensual dance.Little do they know of what she considers to be the "other facet" of her personality, her philanthropy. In 1995, Shakira founded the Pies Descalzos Foundation. It is a Colombian charity with special schools for poor children all around Colombia. It was funded by Shakira and other international groups and individuals. The name of the foundation is taken from Shakira's third studio album called Pies Descalzos, released in 1995. Shakira served as the Honorary Chairperson for "Action Week" 2008 (April 21-27). The event is sponsored by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), to generate awareness about the Education for All Act. On her 32nd birthday, Shakira opened a new $6-Million school in her hometown Barranquilla, which was sponsored by herself and her Pies Descalzos Foundation. She was inspired at about age 8, when she was upset about her parents failure in business and her parents decided to take a fill trip to show her she was not as unfortunate as she thought and that there were a lot of people in a much worse shape than they were. She grew up with both passions (philathropy & art) on mind and most of us would agree, she has been successful at glorifying them.