Shakira Introduces Baby Sasha To The World

Shakira shared the photograph of her newborn son, Sasha Pique Mebarak, on the Unicef World Baby Shower website worldbabyshower.org, following her Instagram [check here] photograph of Sasha's feet on Thursday. On her Instgram account, her fans got to see the little ones left foot, with the hospital's white band still tied around. She has captioned the photograph both in English as well as Spanish: "I have Daddy's feet. It looks like I have been playing football my entire life."

Shakira and her boyfriend Gerard Pique, the Spanish footballer, were blessed with a baby boy on Jan. 29 in Barcelona. They have become parents the second time. The player’s grandfather, Amador Bernabeu, confirmed to reporters that he had seen a photograph of the baby who resembles Gerard. The baby has been named Sasha, Hello reported quoting Shakira’s official website. Bernabeu is the former chairman and present ambassador of Barca for which Gerard plays.

“He’s called Sasha which is Alexander in Russian. They've told me he looks like Gerard. Milan [their first son] looked like Shakira when he was born but this one looks more like his father,” the grandfather said. The great grandfather was unable to see the newborn because of his busy schedule.

Meanwhile, just like he had made Milan a member of the Barcelona FC, he had a schedule, too, on the same day Sasha was born, to make the little one a member of the team. It has been a family tradition to make the sons an associate member of Barcelona FC.

And, Shakira informed on her website that: “the name Sasha is of Greek and Russian descent and means ‘defender of mankind’ and ‘warrior’.” She has also shared that both the baby and she are in excellent health. In Milan was born in the same hospital as his younger brother on Jan. 22.

Reporters had camped in Catalonia, outside Teknon Clinic, where Shakira gave birth to the child. Gerard, who plays Barcelona FC stuck to his normal routine, continuing his training and even going to Madrid for a match. The couple checked into the hospital, without being noticed.

In 2013, when expecting Milan, Shakira, UNICEF Goodwill ambassador, and Gerard had asked her fans and followers to donate money to UNICEF. It was her first virtual baby shower and it became an instant hit. With the money donated by her followers, over 80,000 children were vaccinated against polio, about four tons of therapeutic food helped children suffering from malnutrition, plus around 1,000 anti-malaria bed nets and nearly 200,000 oral rehydration salt sachets were distributed.

This time around, too, the pop star hoped that her fans would be kind enough to help, according to reports. Before giving birth to her second son, Sasha, Shakira had appealed to her fans that now thay would want to help other children around the world and also contribute to a long-lasting solution for getting children living in extreme poverty the supplies they need to survive.

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