Singer Shakira, who is expecting
her first child with boyfriend Gerard Pique, has launched an online baby
shower and is asking fans to honour their child by supporting UNICEF in
giving underprivileged babies around the globe a healthy start in life.
The singer is UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and requesting fans to buy gifts for some of the world's poorest babies.
Contactmusic.com reports that the couple posted the invitation on Twitter Wednesday.
"Dear
Friends, Having our first baby is such an incredibly happy time for us.
That's why we want to invite you to our baby shower with a twist.
Rather than asking you to give gifts to our new baby, we're asking you
to honour him by supporting UNICEF in giving underprivileged babies
around the globe a healthy start in life. It would really mean a lot to
us," the couple said in a joint statement on Twitter.
The virtual baby shower,
launched on Jan 15, invites fans into Shakira and Gerard's virtual
living room.
"You can choose an Inspired Gift from our registry - to give the gift of
immunizations so more babies grow up healthy and disease free,
rehydration salts to save children's lives and therapeutic food so
babies will get enough to eat," the couple wrote.
Shakira, 35, has been dating
Pique for around two years and praised him saying, "This man is the best
thing that could have happened in my life. And now the baby."
She only confirmed their
relationship last year by posting a picture of them together on Twitter
and Facebook with a caption reading, "I present to you my sunshine".
Colombian pop star and the
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) ambassador, Shakira, walks with
her boyfriend, Barcelona soccer player Gerard Pique, after her joint
news conference with Israel's president Shimon Peres (not seen) at the
3rd annual Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem June 21, 2011.
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