p2pnet news | Off Topic:- When Paris Hilton got out of jail in June after violating probation on a 2006 drunk-driving charge, she promised to mend her ways.

Now, by way of a follow up, she says she’s planning to use her celebrity status on a trip to Rwanda because there’s, “so much need in that area,” says a statement.

But first things first.

“I’ll be going in November, after I get back from filming my movie,” she says.

“There’s so much need in that area, and I feel like if I go, it will bring more attention to what people can do to help.”

But Rwanda and Africa aren’t all.

Hilton says she also wants to go to other countries, “where poverty and children’s issues are a big concern.”

Rwanda is infamous 1994 genocide, “a sudden and savage massacre that resulted in the deaths of as many as 1 million people - an atrocity achieved in just three months,” says the Wikipedia, adding:

“Largely the result of centuries-long tension between the native Tutsi and Hutu populations, the massacre of 1994 betrays an enmity dating back to Rwanda’s colonial days.”

Meanwhile, Orphans of Rwanda (ORI) says it’s a, “nonprofit foundation dedicated to assisting orphans and vulnerable children in Rwanda who have been affected by the 1994 genocide and diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.

“ORI’s principal mission is financing university education and related training for young people who, against tremendous odds, have completed secondary school and scored highly on university entrance examinations.”

Yvette Nyinawumuntu (right) is one of the people being helped by ORI.

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Also See:
drunk-driving charge - Paris Hilton goes to jail, June 4, 2007
statement - Paris Hilton to visit Rwanda, September 26, 2007

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