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(Quien.com) Shakira and Spanish club Barcelona, ​​where he plays her boyfriend Gerard Pique, came together in Miami to offer educational programs to children in the Hispanic community. The initiative is part of a cooperation agreement sealed between the Barefoot Foundation, singer, and the FC Barcelona Foundation, which includes the construction of sports and recreational facilities in the Colombian city of Cartagena and Miami. The project aims to work with children in vulnerable communities at risk of social exclusion, according to a press release issued by the publicists of Shakira. In Miami, the alliance "Soccer for youth development and healthy living" will benefit some 28 000 500 Hispanic children living in a poor area northwest of the city. Of the 4 000 400 children living in poverty to participate in the program, 46% are of Cuban origin, 22% Colombian, 12% of Nicaragua, Venezuela 8% and the remaining 12% of other countries. Through the alliance, it will restore a family center for YMCA non-governmental organization, to become a sports center. There will be implemented the proposed education through soccer, the statement said. Not clear, however, what the investment foundations and provides details on the education program. Shakira, since early this year held an engagement with the Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, was honored in February by Harvard University for his artistic and humanitarian work. He created the Pies Descalzos Foundation aimed to provide education and food to children in poor areas of Colombia, but its work crossed the border from his native country. The singer, who has nine studio albums in his career, is also a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Fund for Assistance to Children's Fund (Unicef).