DoSomething.org, one of the largest U.S. organizations that helps teens take action on causes they care about, released today its fourth annual ‘Top 20 Celebs Gone Good’ list.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira has met with a group of adolescent girls from impoverished parts of India to discuss the importance of educating and empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty and inequity – nationally and globally.
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Songs For Japan, the unique, star-studded album collection created to help raise money for victims of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters, continues to benefit the survivors through Japanese Red Cross Society.
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Barack Obama has announced that Shakira has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
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Three-time current Latin GRAMMY nominee, seven-time Latin GRAMMY winner, two-time GRAMMY winner, and international superstar and philanthropist Shakira will be the 2011 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, it was announced yesterday by The Latin Recording Academy.
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UNICEF today announced tennis champion Serena Williams’s appointment as international Goodwill Ambassador.
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Shakira was in Miami this week to launch a new partnership between her Pies Descalzos Foundation and the FC Barcelona Foundation.
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Shakira has blogged about her trip to Jerusalem last month, where she took part in the Israeli Presidential Conference.
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Global education advocate and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira visited the Max Payne “Hand in Hand” School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem on Tuesday, meeting with students to talk about the power of education.
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Shakira has been busy raising awareness of her charity, Pies Descalzos, in Europe lately, and has just announced that she will be heading to Israel next week to continue her mission of highlighting the importance of education around the world.
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Shakira was in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week to announce a $400,000 donation through her charity Pies Descalzos to help rebuild a school damaged by the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.
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In what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of “Songs for Japan,” an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks.
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DoSomething.org – the website that aims to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action – has released a list of what it considers to be the top 20 “Celebs Gone Good” for 2010.
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Shakira has put pen to paper and written a children’s book for charity.
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Colombian pop princess Shakira is donating the proceeds from a new commercial to her charity.
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Children’s favorite Dora The Explorer has been joined by some of the entertainment world’s most generous stars in a new celebrity charity auction.
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Shakira has voiced her support for the 1GOAL campaign and discussed the importance of education in achieving peace and global security during a wide-ranging interview with YouTube as part of the campaign’s YouTube Interviews series.
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Spain’s second largest exporter of fashion, MANGO, is launching a small collection of solidarity t-shirts with Shakira, inspired by the official FIFA World Cup anthem “Waka Waka”.
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A long list of artists have joined a group actively protesting new immigration laws in Arizona, refusing to play gigs in the state until the laws are changed.
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DoSomething.org has announced comedic actress and star of “Glee”, Jane Lynch as host of its star-studded “Do Something Awards” live telecast on VH1 on July 19, 2010 at 9PM EDT.
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R. Kelly will perform his new charity single – Sign Of A Victory – at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony on June 11, backed by a 27-member African choir.
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The final line-up of artists to perform at the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert in South Africa has been announced.
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Ricky Martin and Shakira are just two of the stars protesting against controversial new anti-immigration laws in Arizona.
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Shakira has joined fellow Colombian star Juanes to record a special charity single for victims of the Chilean earthquake.
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Shakira is in Haiti to meet victims of the January 12 earthquake and help her charity build a school.
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Recently launched Makatto, an online selling website, has garnered much attention after adding to its website content celebrity auctions sponsoring charitable causes.
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Gloria Estefan led a massive march that attracted thousands of demonstrators in Miami last week, and drew support from Shakira and Juanes.
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Shakira has unveiled a range of new T-shirts she has designed for charity.
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A stellar line-up of stars has been confirmed for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert, which hopes to help unite the people of South Africa and raise money for the 20 Centres for 2010 campaign.
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Guitar legend Slash is teaming up with children’s cartoon character Dora the Explorer in this year’s most unlikely yet utterly awesome charity collaboration.
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