Colombian singer Shakira announced earlier this month that businessmen Carlos Slim and Howard Buffett will donate US$200 million (NT$6.1 billion) to a foundation that helps poor children in Latin America.
Slim, Mexico’s richest man, will donate US$110 million and his business expertise. Buffett, son of investment guru Warren Buffett, will give US$85 million. The other US$5 million will be donated by people throughout Latin America.
“Imagine what Latin America could achieve if we invest in developing the potential of these children,” Shakira said.
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The Latin America in Solidarity Action was launched in 2006. Its Spanish acronym is ALAS, or “wings.” The group is trying to tackle poverty that kills an estimated 350,000 children each year in the region.
Conceived by Shakira, the foundation is also backed by Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
ALAS hosted two massive concerts earlier this month in Buenos Aires and Mexico City. The concerts were held to raise awareness about 32 million children living in poverty in Latin America. Among the performers at the concerts was Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
哥倫比亞歌手夏奇拉本月初宣布,富商卡洛斯.史林和霍華德.巴菲特將捐出兩億美元(新台幣六十一億元)給一個專門幫助拉丁美洲貧童的基金會。
墨西哥首富史林將捐出一億一千萬美元,並分享他的商業知識;股神華倫.巴菲特的兒子霍爾德.巴菲特將捐助八千五百萬美元。其餘五百萬美元捐款則來自拉丁美洲各界善心人士。
夏奇拉說:「想像一下,如果我們現在投資培育這些未來的主人翁,將來拉丁美洲會如何大放異彩。」
二OO六年成立的「拉丁美洲團結行動」,西班牙文的首字縮寫是ALAS,意思是「翅膀」,該組織希望協助解決拉丁美洲每年約有三十五萬名孩童死於貧困的問題。
由夏奇拉發起的這個基金會,也獲得諾貝爾得主加百列.賈西亞.馬奎玆的大力支持。
ALAS這個月初在布宜諾斯艾利斯和墨西哥市主辦了兩場大型演唱會,希望能喚起人們對拉丁美洲約三千兩百萬名貧童的關注。波多黎各流行歌手瑞奇.馬汀也在演唱會表演嘉賓之列。
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