Selena Gomez has put her supernova status towards some amazing things, and is now traveling to the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo to help the country in any way possible.

The actress/singer said her previous travel to Ghana and Chile were to 'ease' her into humanitarian work, and was inspired to lend her support in Africa from celebrity friend Joel Madden:

"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."

Gomez has been a UNICEF ambassador for two years, and raised $200,000 from her recent benefit concert at the House of Blues.

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