Jasmine's Place Issue No. 3 - January/February 2013 | Page 26

Puresa Humanitarian COMMUNITY Giselle Meza used to be a top model working all over Europe. After her modeling jobs were completed, Meza made it a point to meet local women and children in each country where she was assigned. She saw terrible injustices and decided to do something to stop the suffering. trafficking and slavery between the Nepal and India border and provides them with safe homes and aftercare. It provides awareness and education to at-risk families on the immediate dangers and behaviours used by traffickers. In 2006, Giselle (pictured top right) founded Puresa Humanitarian, a nonprofit that works toward reaching, rescuing and restoring hope and freedom to Nepali children and women, who are victims of human trafficking and slavery. Puresa Humanitarian is threefold. It rescues young girls from human rescued children off to school! JASMINE'S PLACE 26 26