Paris Hilton is planning a missionary trip to the troubled African nation of Rwanda. Rwanda has a life-expectancy rate thirty-nine years and and just forty-one percent of the population has easy access to safe drinking water, according to the humanitarian group CARE.

“I’ll be going in November, after I get back from filming my movie,” the heiress tells E!

“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,” P.H reported.

“I want to visit more countries where poverty and children’s issues are a big concern,” the 26-year-old socialite said. “I know there’s a lot of good I can do just by getting involved and bringing attention to these issues.”