{"id":521939,"date":"2026-08-18T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=521939"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:37:25","slug":"video-shakira-pledges-1-million-to-rebuild-schools-in-earthquake-hit-choco-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/video-shakira-pledges-1-million-to-rebuild-schools-in-earthquake-hit-choco-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Shakira pledges $1 million to rebuild schools in earthquake-hit Choc\u00f3, Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colombian singer <strong>Shakira visited Quibd\u00f3, in the Choc\u00f3 department, following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10<\/strong>, and pledged to help rebuild <strong>10 schools and a university<\/strong> in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During her visit, Shakira announced an investment of <strong>$1 million<\/strong> for reconstruction efforts and called on Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, private companies and other foundations to contribute to the recovery of Choc\u00f3, one of Colombia\u2019s poorest regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cEvery day that children don\u2019t go to school is a day we pause their future, and we cannot allow that,\u201d<\/strong> the singer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local government figures cited by BBC, <strong>29 of Choc\u00f3\u2019s 31 municipalities were affected<\/strong>, with 13 deaths, more than 45,000 people affected, over 1,000 homes destroyed and another 8,000 damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shakira also described Choc\u00f3 as a region that has been <strong>\u201cabandoned to its fate\u201d<\/strong> and said Colombia has a \u201chistoric debt\u201d to its communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">shakira ha anunciado que construira 10 escuelas en el choc\u00f3 con su fundaci\u00f3n pies descalzos y el empresario howard buffett, adem\u00e1s de donar 1 mill\u00f3n de d\u00f3lares para la reconstrucci\u00f3n del departamento<br><br>jueputa, enseri\u00f3 que en colombia no tenemos artista mas grande esta mujer \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1oRNiSXDP0\">pic.twitter.com\/1oRNiSXDP0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udd99\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd92\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd97 (@hey_timor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hey_timor\/status\/2089486386743103851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian singer Shakira visited Quibd\u00f3, in the Choc\u00f3 department, following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10, and pledged to help rebuild 10 schools and a university in the region. 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