Gisele Bundchen is the 31-year old Brazilian supermodel who is married to our very own Tom Brady. (He is the quarterback for the New England Patriots in case you have been on another planet.)
On January 15, 2012 she was said to be back home in Boston after spending time in Africa as the United Nations Environment Programme. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an international organization that coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in the Gigiri neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.
Gisele spoke about sustainable development and “visited projects that implement efficient stoves in communities that have a high number of deaths due to indoor smoke inhalation that occurs by cooking inside their homes without any ventilation,” her official site explained.
Bündchen has supported a variety of environmental causes, including clean water initiatives, environmental sustainability, and preservation of South American rainforests. In addition, Bündchen has helped raise money for cancer research and treatment, victims of Hurricane Katrina, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
In 2009, the same year she married Tom, she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Every year Gisele chooses a charity, to which proceeds of sales from her sandals are donated, with the 2011 donation going to ISA - the Socio-environmental Institute.
November 2011 Gisele made a surprise visit in Boston, MA to a group of teenage girls who were all patients at the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute for a day of fun. The supermodel spent time with each and every girl, posing for photos and teaching them how to strut their stuff.
Gisele was recognized as one of the most charitable celebrities in 2011 by The Giving Back Fund, which added her to their list of celebs who made the largest donations to charity according to public records.
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