- ALAS Foundation
ALAS (Fundacion América Latina en Acción Solidaria) is a movement dedicated to the children in
Latin America . Thenon-profit organisation is founded by Latin America's most influential artists, intellectuals and business leaders, and strives to launch a new social movement that will generate a collective commitment to comprehensive Early Childhood Development programs for the children in Latin America.One of the well-known faces and founder of ALAS is the Colombian singer and
UNICEF ambassadorShakira . Other known artist areAlejandro Sanz ,Miguel Bosé andJuanes , amoung others. Honorary President isNobel prize winnerGabriel García Márquez . Shakira's fiancéAntonio de la Rúa is one of the Vice Presidents.Latin America has 54 million children age 5 and under and no less than 32 million of them are currently living in poverty. A catalyst for change, ALAS will work to improve the children's lives by creating a social movement that delivers effective health, education and nutritional programs during their most influential years of development through comprehensive Early Childhood Development.
External links
* [http://www.alasthemovement.org/default_en.asp Website ALAS Foundation]
* [http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/index_en.php ALAS founder Shakira's Pies Descalzos Foundation]
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