Changing Communities with Values: Giselle Lima’s Fight Against Crime in Panama

Season three of Hines On Air opens with host Matt Hines in Atlanta interviewing Giselle Lima, a Venezuelan-born Scientologist who moved to Spain and later Panama, where she began humanitarian work to address rising crime, drugs, and social decay. Lima describes partnering with Panamanian community leaders and government agencies to distribute The Way to Happiness booklet—30,000 in a high-crime area and over 100,000 nationwide during carnival with police, army, and navy—reporting reduced crime and a safer carnival. She also delivered seminars using Truth About Drugs and Youth for Human Rights materials to at-risk children and juvenile detainees, and collaborated with Christian chaplains. Lima additionally organized a 2024 religious freedom summit at the Latin American Parliament in Panama City with over 40 international speakers. 00:00 Season Three Kickoff 00:19 Meet Giselle Lima 00:56 Growing Up in Venezuela 01:27 Leaving Under Chavez 03:30 Spain and Finance Dreams 04:50 Discovering Scientology 06:09 Humanitarian Campaigns Explained 07:26 Way to Happiness in Communities 09:37 Partnering With Security Forces 12:31 Border Project Against Smuggling 13:03 Volunteer Mission Values 13:22 Booklets and Programs Overview 13:50 Fighting Gangs and Drugs 15:55 Kids at Risk Breakthroughs 17:27 Human Rights Church Partnership 18:39 Government Doors Opening 20:07 Religious Freedom Summit 23:12 Juvenile Jail Transformations 23:59 Truth About Drugs Toolkit 26:21 Final Thanks and Inspiration   Sponsor by Hines Law https://hineslaw.org/ Sponsor by Bravos Leadership https://bravosleadership.com/#