Shakira is building a school in Haiti

In 2006, Shakira became a mega star when she teamed up with Haitian rapper to record "Hips don't lie," the biggest hit of the 21st century.

We know her hips don't lie but now Haitians will also know that...

Shakira's heart doesn't lie neither...

On her recent Haiti trip, visited one of the Haiti refuge camps housing nearly 50,000 people on a golf course.

There, she met with actor Sean Penn who has been in Haiti for a while now, and whose charity is already helping Haiti earthquake victim.

Here is what said in a brief interview:

"We've come to make all the preparations to be able to start the building of a Barefoot school here in Haiti."

The term "Barefoot school" comes from her Piex Descalsos (Barefoot) Foundation, an charity that provides education, nutrition and psychological support to more than 6,000 Colombian children displaced by violence, according to a article.

Shakira also said:

"We think we can employ what we've learned [in Colombia] here, apply it in this country which needs it so much at the moment."

"We need to think about the future of this country and of how Haiti's children can be useful to their societies tomorrow"

"Education is one of the fundamental tools with which to develop and rebuild Haiti."

Thank you, , for this initiative to assist Haiti in our hour of need.

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