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Popstar Shakira Learned Life Lesson From Family Bankruptcy

Though she is a millionaire world music entertainer now, Shakira grew up surrounded with poverty and in a home where her parents decided to declare bankruptcy. Now Shakira looks back on the bankruptcy with thankfulness.

Though many know Shakira for her top-of-the-chart hit songs and clear voice, the Columbian pop sensation is also known for her philanthropy. Just months after she became a world-famous performer and singer, Shakira began the Barefoot Foundation, which works to educate impoverished Columbian children receive an education. Currently, she also works as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

However, the musical artist was not always in the position to help. When she was eight years old, her parents declared bankruptcy and sold most of what they had in order to clear their debts, including the furniture and air conditioning. When Shakira became visibly upset, her parents took her to a public park, where real poverty existed – children without food, families, appropriate clothing, or roofs over their heads. It was then that she understood that although her family was struggling, they were not at rock bottom.

Today, Shakira’s lesson about bankruptcy and poverty has turned her into an adult concerned with education and schooling for all children. She believes that education does not only help communities but also decreases gang violence and increases equality between the sexes. Shakira herself is perusing her dream of a college education at the University of Southern California.

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