Selena Gomez heading to the Congo for charity trip
Selena Gomez is preparing to visit the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of her humanitarian work for the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
The star has been a Unicef ambassador for two years, and has visited Ghana and Chile in a bid to raise awareness of the organisation's work with children.
She performed at The House of Blues in Los Angeles on Monday
(23Jan12) to raise $200,000 for the charity, and revealed she is
gearing up for a trip to the Congo after a word of encouragement
from fellow Unicef ambassador Joel Madden.
She tells E!Online, "We first went to Ghana and then we went to
Chile. In April, we're going to go somewhere a little harder, the
Congo... The first trips were to ease me into it.
"I was talking to Joel Madden and he works with Unicef and he went
to the Congo. He said it was the most intense thing he had ever
done in his entire life - and the best thing he had ever done."