Bill Clinton Visits shakira's Colombian school

Posted March 30, 200916 yr

Bill Clinton visits Shakira's Colombian school

BOGOTA (AFP) — Former US president Bill Clinton arrived in the Colombian port city of Barranquilla Saturday to visit a school built with the help of pop star Shakira to help disadvantaged youths in the region.

The former president, who is married to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, visited the Pies Descalzos college, 990 kilometers (615 miles) north of Bogata, to see how it is supporting nutrition programs for some 1,600 children.

Afterwards Clinton was set to head to the Colombian city of Medellin to participate in the 50th Board of Governors meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Clinton was billed to join IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno in a public discussion of the global economic crisis.

As part of his visit to Latin America, Clinton was also to visit projects launched and funded by Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative, a partnership of public public and private sector investments in developing countries around the world.

The nonprofit William J. Clinton Foundation, a charitable movement to help sustainable growth in developing countries, was created by Clinton in 1997.

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