18.8.2026
Shakira said she will mobilise funding to rebuild the Technological University of Chocó, damaged by the earthquake, which struck Colombia on August 10.
She will be partnering Colombian-American philanthropist Howard Graham Buffett, Live Nation her concert promoters to raise funds, which will also go to ten non-university educational centres in one of the five departments worst affected by the quake.
Shakira’s donation will not be made directly. The philanthropic organisation Global Citizen will contribute 500,000 dollars and the concert promoter Live Nation, which organised her latest tour, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’, and is also her commercial partner, will provide a further 500,000 at her instigation.
Graham Buffett, is son of tycoon Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men thanks to multi-billion-dollar stakes in companies such as Apple, Coca-Cola and American Express.
In October 2025 Shakira joined the advisory board of the education fund that FIFA runs with Global Citizen, alongside Serena Williams.
This came several months before her participation as a performer at the recent 2026 World Cup was announced. The Waka Waka singer says she has allocated 100% of the royalties generated by the tournament’s official song, ‘Dai Dai’, to that fund.
Shakira....reaching out.