SHAKIRA - SHAKIRA FUNDS NEW SCHOOL IN COLOMBIA

Big-hearted Latin star SHAKIRA is paying to have a brand new school built in her home town Barranquilla, Colombia.

The LAUNDRY SERVICE singer is so proud of her modest roots, she is determined to pour much-needed cash into the poverty-stricken area through her own charity, the Barefeet Foundation.

She says, "I never want to forget where I come from.

"I'm very proud to be Colombian and very proud of my city Barranquilla."