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Poor Paris Hilton. She gets so much grief for having a little fun just because she promised that old fart Larry King that she would devote her life to doing good. Don’t people know the difference between “reputation management” and real life?

Anyhoo, Media Orchard has obtained exclusive photos demonstrating that Paris is a true philanthropist after all. For example, here she is showing Girl Scouts how to earn the newly created Paris Hilton Merit Badge:

And although she doesn’t brag about it, Paris is actively involved with Habitat for Humanity as well. Here, she installs a structure in an impoverished family’s master bedroom:

Following in Angelina Jolie’s successful footsteps, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have separately announced plans to visit Africa to rehabilitate their party-girl reputations.

Media Orchard has learned exclusively that Lohan and Hilton have already made a hush-hush trip to the Dark Continent in preparation for their future, more high-profile sojourns.

Unfortunately, all did not go as planned — as you can see after the jump (nsfw).

Reportedly, several generous African women offered to share their own undergarments with the visitors. Residents also expressed concern that the pair looked “hungry.”

Publicists for Lohan and Hilton did not return phone calls.