Shakira driven by desire to help others

Shakira was driven to success because she never wanted to be poor again.

Shakira driven by desire to help others

Shakira was driven to success because she never wanted to be poor again.

The 33-year-old singer - whose father William Mebarak Chadid was declared bankrupt when she was growing up - claims seeing the plight of those worse off than her family made her even more determined to do well in her life so she could help others.

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