April 2010 -- International pop superstar, Shakira, flew into the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to meet children and to plan her next big project with her charity, Barefoot Foundation (.Pies Descalzos).

She said her charity, Barefoot, is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy children.

"We've come to make all the preparations to be able to start the building of a Barefoot school here in Haiti," said Shakira.

She explained that the school would be modeled on similar establishments created by her Foundation, a charity that provides education, nutrition and psychological support to over six thousand, in Colombia.

"We think we can employ what we've learned (in Colombia) here, apply it in this country which needs it so much at the moment," Shakira added. The Haitian school would be built and run with other non-governmental organizations.

More than 200,000 people died and one million people were left homeless in the earthquake which struck the Caribbean island on 12 January.

Humanitarian aid

Arriving in the country on Sunday, Shakira waved to onlookers and greeted children living on a Haitian golf course that has been turned into a makeshift camp for 50,000 quake survivors.

She was welcomed by Hollywood star Sean Penn, who is providing humanitarian aid at the refugee camps.