Posted on 10/30/2007 10:40:38 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
NEW YORK - Her trip to Rwanda has been postponed, but Paris Hilton is still determined to use her celebrity status for good causes.
"I want to travel the world," the 26-year-old socialite says in an interview posted on the Web site of the syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra." "I feel like there's a lot I can do, and a lot I can do to help."
The Playing for Good Foundation announced last week that Hilton's philanthropic trip to Rwanda has been postponed due to restructuring of the children's charity. On her itinerary: visits to schools and health-care clinics.
Hilton told "Extra" she will now pack her bags for the African country sometime next year.
"We were supposed to be going in November, but then the charity is doing restructuring and figuring things out. It's going to be for next year," she said. "I know (Rwanda) went through a lot of traumatic experiences, and I feel like if I go there, I can help save some people's lives."
Hilton announced the mission in September, several months after serving a 23-day jail sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.
"I want kids to know, even if you're 15 or 16 years old, you can do something," she said in the interview.
How about she gives most (98%) of her inheritance to charity?
She can help feed the hungry.
Memo to Rwanda - put a pot of water on.
muawahahaaa
Apparently not.
Ya gotta wonder about her parents. You’d think the porn home movie she made would have gotten their attention....
What did Rwanda do to piss us off so much that the State Department would allow Paris Hilton to go there.
Rwanda has no drunk driving laws?
Any chance we can get her to stay there?
They do not need Paris. Some report she is borderline retarded. Imagine trying to get exclusive use for a simple sentence IIRC: “It’s hot.”
Does she have a globe so she knows where she is going?
Obviously Paris has hired a new PR firm.
Good maybe she'll stay there so I don't have to see her ugly face on the "news" any more.
I guess with her background she probably does has the expertise to have an opinion of the quality of care in the VD ward...
Um, I think she has that trademarked.
She’d fit in better in Ethiopia, methinks.
Let’s hope the skank stays there.
IBMTC
How is that possible? It is just a simple sentence.
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