Paris Hilton hopes to use her celebrity to bring attention to poverty stricken nations and sheplans to start by heading to Rwanda this fall.
Access Hollywood has learned Hilton will journey to the African nation with Scott Lazerson of Playing For Good, an organization that helps bring celebrities together with charities this fall.
While she was incarcerated earlier this year, Paris Hilton told Barbara Walters she wanted to use her celebrity to help people.
“She said ‘I’m not the same person I was. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I want to do different things when I’m out of here.” Walters recounted to “The View” audience in June following a phone call with the heiress.
Hilton and Lazerson will meet in Toronto, in October. Paris is expected to make a charitable donation at the time.
Rwanda is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 60% of its people living below the poverty line according to UNICEF. It also has one of the world’s highest child mortality rates.
AIDS is another major concern for the country. Hundreds of thousands of children have been orphaned by one or both parents due to AIDS, additionally 8.9% of the adult population is HIV positive.
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