Shakira donates $40m to stricken areas

Kind-hearted pop star Shaira is donating $40m (€28m) to help rebuild areas in the Americas hit by recent natural disasters.

Sun, 30 Sep, 2007 - 11:34

Kind-hearted pop star Shaira is donating $40m (€28m) to help rebuild areas in the Americas hit by recent natural disasters.

The Columbian singer will donate the money from the foundation Latin America for Solidarity Foundation (ALAS) - which she co-founded with Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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Courts Entertainment Heathrow Place: Americas Place: Peru Place: Nicaragua Place: Latin America Person: Shakira Person: Shaira Person: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Organisation: Solidarity Foundation Organisation: ALAS

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