M10 Missions- Rivas Lazos Family

Build Dates: August 3-13

Family Information:

Father- Luis

• Age: 23
• Profession: Works at Pallet Factory
• Weekly Salary: 1000 pesos/$60

Mother- Veronica

• Age: 20 yrs
• Profession: Homemaker
• Weekly Salary: N/A

Children-

• Derian 2 yrs (boy)
• Iran Yare, 1 yr (girl)

Property Information:

Living Conditions- Dirt Floor
Electricity- No
Running Water- No

Family Story:

Luis and Veronica met where they worked and one day decided they wanted to start a relationship. They were renting a place to live and were paying $800pesos ($47 appx. USD) A while after the birth of their first child, when Derian was 1 year old and Veronica was newly pregnant, they decided to move to another place that was cheaper, because they already didn’t earn enough money to cover all their expenses. They went to live in a small trailer where they paid $500pesos ($30 appx. USD) a month. They tarted looking for a piece of land to buy, found one, and began to make payments on it. They didn’t move there right away because the area had no one living close to where their land is and they felt it was not safe to live there alone with their 2 children.

A few months ago they began to live on the land in a house made of pallets that Luis got as a gift from his employer. The inside of the house is lined with the cardboard that comes with the pallets.

This family is very much in need of a home and wanting to provide a better life for their children.

M10 Missions- Garcia Ortiz Family

Build Dates: August 3-13

Family Information:

Father- Oscar

• Age: 24
• Profession: Works at Greenhouse
• Weekly Salary: 500 pesos/$30

Mother- Claudia

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

Children-

• Sofia, 4 yrs (girl)
• Expecting baby any day

Property Information:

Electricity- No
Running Water- No
Living Conditions- Dirt Floor

Family Story:

Oscar is originally from Guerrero and Claudia is from Ensenada. Oscar moved to Ensenada 7 years ago looking for work; he met Claudia 5 years ago. They went out for 8 months before moving in together. They went to live with Oscar’s parents for 2 months, then moved in with Claudia’s parents for 3 years, where their daughter, Sofia, was born.

Claudia and Oscar wanted to buy their own property and live in another place to a have better life for their children. They found a man who was beginning to sell his land and they were excited and bought the land from him on credit, which they are still paying off today. They have lived there for only a few months and have not been able to build something better because their salary is not enough to buy the necessary materials. They have had many expenses with their daughter and are expecting a second.

They need a house because their daughter gets sick when it rains. When it is hot, their house gets very hot inside because it is made of tarps. They also just want to live better and provide something better for their children.