Defender Direct - Maldonado Reyes Family

BUILD DATES: May 25-26, 2018

FAMILY INFORMATION:

MOTHER - Sandi

• Age: 30
• Profession: Factory Worker
• Weekly Salary: $42 USD

CHILDREN

• Paola - 13 Years Old, 8th Grade
• Victor - 9 Years Old, 3rd Grade
• Samira - 7 Years Old, 2nd Grade
• Marisol - 4 Years Old, Kindergarten
• Diana - 1 Year Old

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Tinajitas #2
TIME WITH PROPERTY - 2 Years
ELECTRICITY - Yes
RUNNING WATER - No
STRUCTURE - Room made of scrap materials.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Sandi is 30 years old and is from Guerrero, a state in the center of Mexico. She has 5 children: Paola who is 13 years old and is in 8th grade, Victor who is 9 years old and is in 3rd grade, Samira who is 7 years old and is in 2nd grade, Marisol who is 4 years old and is in kindergarten and Diana who is 1 year old.

Sandi is going through a hard time. Five years ago, she and her husband applied and received a HOH, but the property was in her husband’s name. Recently they got divorced and her husband kicked her out of the house with the children. She is now living on another property lot that she is paying for. The price of the property is $800 USD, and she is paying 100 dlls per month.

Sandi doesn’t receive any help from her ex-husband; the government gives her scholarship support for her older daughter, 2,200 pesos per month (around $130 USD). With that money, she makes the property payments and buys what they need at home.

Ontiveros - Monjaraz Cota Family

BUILD DATES:

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER - Hector

• Age: 27
• Profession: Promoter
• Weekly Salary: $80 USD

MOTHER - Neyda

• Age: 21
• Profession: Housewife
• Weekly Salary: N/A

CHILDREN

• Kilari - 5 Years Old, Kindergarten
• Kendra - 3 Years Old
• Hector - 1 Year Old

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Lomas Gomez Morin
TIME WITH PROPERTY - 3 Months
ELECTRICITY - No
RUNNING WATER - No
STRUCTURE - Room made of scrap wood.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Hector and Neyda are originally from Mexicali and that's where they met and their story started. At the time Hector was using drugs and met Neyda through her cousins. Right before they got together, Hector promised that he would quit drugs if she was with him, but soon after he was battling again with drugs. They decided to leave Mexicali because of bad friendships that were leading Hector astray, as well as the heat, and came to Ensenada. They have been suffering because of low income in a little room made of wood scraps.

Harbor Christian (Blue Team) - Garcia Sierra Family

BUILD DATES: May 12-13, 2018

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER - Leovigildo

• Age: 21
• Profession: Vegetable Worker
• Weekly Salary: $44

MOTHER - Cinthia

• Age: 19
• Profession: N/A
• Weekly Salary: N/A

CHILDREN

• Luis Rafael - 1 Year Old

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Las Flores
TIME WITH PROPERTY - 10 Months
ELECTRICITY - Yes
RUNNING WATER - No
STRUCTURE - Little room made of wood scraps.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Cinthia and Leovigildo met through Cinthia brother. He was working with vegetables alongside Leovigildo and Cinthia would come and help her brother, and that's where they met. They started to talk, and six months later they became boyfriend and girlfriend. Two months after that, Cinthia got pregnant.

Both of them with Leovigildo's parents, went to Cinthia's parents home, to ask if they could move in together. They then moved in with Leovigildo's parents. After in June 2017 they found a piece of property close by and built a little room there, but the room is made of wood scraps and doesn't have much to build on, that's why they came to ask for help from Homes of Hope.

Leovigildo is from Oaxaca and came to Ensenada with his family when he was two years old. He works with vegetables, sorting the corn. It's a temporary job and there are weeks with where he works every day, but right now is a season where he doesn't know if he'll have work the following day. His weekly salary is $44 USD.

February 14th of this year, they got married and are very excited for the opportunity to receive a home. When their situation is more stable, Cinthia is thinking about having more children, but because the little room where they live, lets in the cold as well as water when it rains, it's a little complicated.

In the future, both of them want to finish their high school and continue studying. As they haven't finished their schooling, they haven't had many opportunities to find better jobs. But for now, they need to take care of their son and provide for his future. Receiving a home is the first step to a better future.

Harbor Christian (Red Team) - Santiago Rendon Family

BUILD DATES: May 12-13, 2018

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER - IsraeL

• Age: 24
• Profession: Field Worker
• Weekly Salary: $66 USD

MOTHER - Obdulia

• Age: 24
• Profession:  N/A
• Weekly Salary: N/A

CHILDREN

• Jose Alberto - 4 Months

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Paraiso
TIME WITH PROPERTY - 4 Months
ELECTRICITY - Yes
RUNNING WATER - No
STRUCTURE - Room made of wood, dirt floor, tarp for the roof.
 

 

FAMILY STORY:

Israel and Obdulia met when they both worked in the fields, were boyfriend and girlfriend for two years when they decided to get married. They were married legally in the courthouse. 

They moved in with Israel's mother but soon decided to rent their own place. They were paying quite a bit for rent, so they felt it would just be better to buy their own piece of land. There was an opportunity to buy one, but the owner wanted them to pay for it in one payment, so they looked for a way to do that and Obdulia's father lent them the money to pay for it. 

Obdulia's mother let them live in a little room of her's so they could pay off the property, and it is now paid off.

They moved to their property and made a little room with wood and tarp. 

They have a 4 month old baby who's name is Alberto. They were unable to get pregnant for awhile, so when Obdulia got pregnant it was the best thing to have ever happened to them! Jose Alberto is a miracle from God!