Education was the best way to achieve global stability and peace after meeting Israeli and Palestinian school children on a visit to Jerusalem.
Posted on Jun 21st by Ramon
Shakira pushes education on visit to Jerusalem ||VIDEO||
JERUSALEM — Colombian pop diva Shakira said on Tuesday that education was the best way to achieve global stability and peace after meeting Israeli and Palestinian school children on a visit to Jerusalem.
Speaking at a joint press conference with President Shimon Peres, the 34-year-old singer said she had come to Israel to share some of her experience working in the field of education through her charity The Barefoot Foundation.
"I'm convinced that investing in education is the best solution for global stability and peace," she said, after being presented with a traditional Yemeni necklace by a young Israeli girl.
"Education is the very substance of peace. I'm convinced of that."
Earlier on Tuesday, the singer, who is a goodwill ambassador for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), visited two schools in the city, one of which is a bilingual Israeli-Palestinian school which educates children in Hebrew and Arabic in a bid to foster co-existence.
"I'm happy to be in Israel, the land which has been the mother of cultures and spirituality for so long," said the four-time-Grammy award winner who has penned hits such as "Hips don't lie" and "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)".
"The most crucial decision we can make for a better tomorrow is how we raise and educate our children," the singer said.
Peres appeared delighted to be appearing next to the tiny Latin American diva, although the ageing statesman addressed her several times as "Sharika" before being corrected by the audience of journalists.
"Your singing is a melody without violence, your priorities are directed to the poor... bringing them a message of a better world," he said. "Your rhythms are an inspiration."
Our Shaki is doing something important and these are the comments we come up with? Hair color and boyfriend? Shakira's universal dedication to childhood education is profoundly important and making a difference in the world. Thank you Shakira for [..]
Post by Anonymous at Wed June 22nd, 2011
Who is the next "Love of my life" she is going to take for her work around the world? Yesterday Antonio, today Pique and TOMORROW?
Post by Perlasm at Wed June 22nd, 2011
I dont know guys whether you agree with me or not, but I think this hair colour is horrible for Shakira.. she seems to be much older.. I loved the light brown hair that she had in the Oral Fixation epoch but this one does not fit to her face at all. [..]
Post by Anonymous at Wed June 22nd, 2011
Shakira thank you for visiting my country
Post by Anonymous at Wed June 22nd, 2011
What is Pique doing there? Fame whore Antonio would never do that
Post by Anonymous at Tue June 21st, 2011
Shorika le dice, me encanta como se rie jajajaja, que momento gracioso, andaba con mucho Humor Shakira Shorika he says, I love how he laughs jajajaja that funny moment, he was a humorous Shakira
Discuss items here. Please be nice while posting :-)
In order to keep the page clean, please rate comments using the thumbs up - down buttons. Thanks!
