Puresa Humanitarian is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to providing rescue, hope, a way out of slavery for children and women; victims & survivors of human trafficking and s*xual slavery. As a top model based in Paris and New York, Giselle Meza traveled around the world extensively on high-profile fashion assignments. While on locations shooting, Meza always visited the loca
l markets, bazaars and nearby villages to meet the local women and learn about their cultures. She met missionaries working in the field of rescuing victims of human trafficking and s*x slavery and witnessed the horrors faced by the innocent victims of s*x slavery. She became very aware of the urgent growing need to provide a source of self-sustainable employment for women rescued from the atrocities of global human trafficking. She understood the urgency of providing safe homes for the innocent children that were trapped and in danger of being sold into the s*x trade. In 2007, Giselle, full of compassion for the victims of injustice, created Puresa Humanitarian out of a God-given vision and passion to provide a tangible solution and a realistic rescue for female victims of human trafficking and to provide safe homes for rescued children, where they would live in a loving atmosphere and receive complete care, including a warm bed and home, food, medical care, education, clothes, counseling and prayer. Puresa Humanitarian has grown into a holistic program providing safe homes for rescued children. Puresa also works in prevention and rescue programs to help prevent children living in local villages and mountains from being tricked into trafficking. Uneducated and impoverished families are the main targets for the traffickers, who come through their areas on a weekly basis promising them false hope. Puresa also provides self-sustainability and opportunity for independence through employment to rescued women. Since 2007 Puresa Humanitarian has been creating sustainable employment through the manufacturing of handmade, organic, eco-friendly, fair trade and fashionable products. We provide rescued women with a safe and healthy work environment surrounded with a trained and dedicated staff that truly care for the well-being and security of each woman. By maintaining their own economic sustainability, Puresa helps to diminish the risk of re-victimization, and helps break the cycle of human exploitation and modern day slavery.
