Defender Direct Red Team - Tetlale Lujan Family

BUILD DATES: 24 & 25 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER- Julio

• Age: 42
• Profession: works in the field
• Weekly Salary: 800 pesos

MOTHER- Josefina 

• Age: 41 
• Profession: works in the field
• Weekly Salary: 800 pesos

 

CHILDREN-

• Anayeli, 16 years old 
• Maricel, 13 years old.
• Yessenia, 12 years old.
• (none of them goes to school) 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Nueva España
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  1 year and 8 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- Room made of wood and dirt floor.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Julio is 42 years old and Josefina is 41, they are from Guerrero a state in center Mexico. They have been married for over 24 years. They have six children but three of them are already married and having their own families and only the three younger still live with them. Anayeli is older of the younger she is 16 years old, Maricela is 13 years old and Yessenia is 12 years old.

The family has been living in Ensenada for 10 years already, the work situation in Guerrero was too hard and they came looking for better opportunities and a better life. None of the daughters has been able to go to school at all, most of the time they were living too far away from any school and they didn’t have the money to pay for transportation. Julio and Josefina have work most of her lives in the fields with earning around $800 pesos each per week (around 50 dlls. each).

Two years ago, with a lot of hard work they were able to save enough money to give the first payment of a piece of land. They moved in and built a small room with wood walls and galvanized steel sheets for roof. The room is very small and all of them live in it, they also don’t have any of the basic services as running water or electricity.

The family has never had a piece of land before or a proper house, their dream is to finally have a place they can consider a real home, a place where they can finally stay and rise their children.

CrossSound Blue Team - Julian Julian Family

BUILD DATES: 20, 21 & 22 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Florencio

• Age: 21
• Profession: works at a packing factory
• Weekly Salary: 1,342 pesos

MOTHER- Martha

• Age: 20
• Profession: - 
• Weekly Salary: -

 

 

CHILDREN-

• Evelyn, 2 years old.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Maneadero
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  2 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- Small room made of wood.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Florencio is 21 years old and Martha is 20 years old, both come from Oaxaca. They have a daughter Evelyn Grisel who is 2 years old.

Florencio and Martha decided to leave their city and families to look for better opportunities in Ensenada. In their home city the work situation is really bad and they have almost no way to get a better life.

When they arrived to Ensenada they were renting an apartment for some time, but with a lot of hard work they were able to save enough money to give the first payment of a property. They built a small room with wood scraps, cardboard and tarp there and moved in to stop paying rent.

Florencio works in data capture in a vegetables company earning around $1,300 pesos per week (Around 74 dlls), which many times is not enough for the property payments plus the family needs. The property has no service, including water and electricity which means they pay extra to obtain them. Martha is not working right now as she decided to take care of her daughter and home.

Even with all the hardships they had face, they have been able to move on and they work hard every day on order to give their daughter the best they can. They hope that someday they can have a real home, a place where they can feel safe, where they can be rise her daughter and a place that make them feel like working hard really show results.

CrossSound Red Team - Vazquez Lopez Family

BUILD DATES: 20, 21 & 22 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Adan

• Age: 21
• Profession: Packing vegetable
• Weekly Salary: 1500 pesos

MOTHER- Ana Elena

• Age: 15
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

Luna, 6 months old.

 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Girasoles
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  4 months
ELECTRICITY- yes  
RUNNING WATER- yes
STRUCTURE-  Room made of wood, plastic roof and dirt floor.
 

FAMILY STORY:

The Vazquez Lopez family is a young one, Adan is the father and, he is 21 years old and comes from the city of Oaxaca, in the state with the same name in center México. Ana Elena is 15 years old and she is from Ensenada. They have a daughter Luna Damari who is 6 months old.

Adrian and Elena met in Ensenada and they decided to live together. At the beginning they lived with Adan’s mom but 4 months ago they moved to their own property.

Adán works packing vegetables and earns $1,500 per week (Around 85 dlls.) and he is paying $2,000 pesos per month for their property. A friend sold him the property and he is still paying it.

They live in a small room made of wood scraps and tarp. With the money that Adán earns they are not in position to build a home. They desire to have a proper home, a safe place where they can live, start their story together as a family and raise their daughter.

Next Step Blue Team - Serrato Ortiz Family

BUILD DATES: 11 & 12 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER- Cristo Ignacio

• Age: 21
• Profession: sells food
• Weekly Salary: 1500

MOTHER- Cintia

• Age: 23
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary:-

CHILDREN-

• Dominic, 2 years old.
• Marelin, 4 months old.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- San Rafael
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  9 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- small room made of wood and dirt floor.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Cristo Ignacio is 21 years old and Cintia is 23. They are from Michoacán. They have two children Marcela Guadalupe who is 4 years old and Dominic Ignacio with 2 years old. They met in Michoacán and for a time where living there. Looking for a better job and for better opportunities of life they moved to Ensenada.

They live in a property that they bought in payments, with a lot of hard work they moved in and built a room from wood scraps and tarp. The room is in bad shape and can’t properly protect them either from rain or cold. 

Their baby, Dominic, has some health issues; when Cintia was going to give birth she had some complications, the baby almost died and he drank the amniotic fluid when he was about to born damaging his left eye in the process.

Ignacio and Cintia work selling churros on the street earning only $1,000 pesos per week (Around 57 dlls), this make their situation even harder as it is not enough for their property payments, their children needs and their needs.

They wish to receive a home of hope to have a home, a safe place where they can live and offer a better future for their children.

Next Step Red Team - Reyna Rodriguez

BUILD DATES: 11 & 12 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

 

MOTHER- Maria Felix

• Age: 41
• Profession: Works in a factory
• Weekly Salary: 1500 pesos

CHILDREN-

• Widiana, 14 years old, 8th grade.
• Gabriela, 11 years old, 6th grade.
• Briana, 9 years old, 4th grade.
• Nayeli, 5 years old, Preschool
• Ximena, 14 months old. 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Colonia 89
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  4 months
ELECTRICITY-yes
RUNNING WATER- yes
STRUCTURE- Room made of pieces of wood.
 

FAMILY STORY:

María Felix is a single mom, she is 41 years old and is from Guerrero, a state in center México. She has 5 children; Widiana who is 14 years old and is in 2nd grade in middle school, Gabriela who is 11 years old and is in 6th grade in elementary school, Briana who is 9 years old and is in 4th grade of elementary school, Nayeli who is 5 years old and is in 3rd grade of kinder garden and Ximena who is 1 year old.

María moved from Guerrero to Ensenada 5 years ago because she had problems with the father of her first 3 children. Here in Ensenada she met the father of her two younger children but they separated two years ago.

She bought a piece of land 3 years ago with a credit. She works in an ice cream factory earning $1,500 pesos per week (Around $85 dlls.). She built a small room with scraps and wood, is a very small room and all of them sleep there.

María desire a place she and her children can call home, a safe place where they can grow and be happy together.

Rossdown Team - Soto Reyes Team

BUILD DATES: 11 & 12 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Jesus

• Age: 41 
• Profession: Musician
• Weekly Salary: 600-800 pesos.

MOTHER- Christina

• Age: 34
• Profession:  -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

• Dulce, 10 years old, 5th grade.
• Jose ( their nephew 15 years old, his parents live in Mexico D.F.) 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Salitral
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  3 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER - no
STRUCTURE- room made of pieces of wood and dirt floor.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Jesus is from Mexico City and he is 40 years old, Christina is from Veracruz and she is 34 years old. They have one daughter, Dulce who is 10 years old and is in her 5th grade of elementary school. Their nephew, José Jahir who is 15 years old is also living with them right now. Christina’s mom, her three brothers, a brother in law and his 3 children also live in their property in a tent,

Jesus and Christina have had a difficult time together. They met in DF 11 years ago, they became boyfriends sometime after and 3 months later they started to live together. When Christina got pregnant and Jesus left her to go to work in Idaho. He worked in the states for three years (the last two years Christina had almost no contact with him) but when the recession started it became harder for him to find a job. Feeling bad for have abandoned his family he came back to México and find them. Because DF was in a bad situation because of narcotrafic they moved to Ensenada. Jesus was an alcoholic and he often abused his family, one year ago they were looking for a change in their lives and that was when a pastor got close to them when they were playing in the streets. He presented the gospel to them and they accepted Jesus. They have been in a process of change since that.

They work as street musicians earning around 800 pesos per week (around 45 dlls), at the beginning their daughter had to come to work with them after school because they didn’t know anyone who can helped them taking here of her. With a lot of hard work, they were able to find a property and bought it. They make monthly payments for it. They built a room with wood and tarp.

They want a homes of hope house to provide for her daughter and nephew a safe, dry and warm place were to live, a place where they can live together as a family and left in the past all the hardships they have endure and start a better future.

Verve Team - Vazquez Salazar Family

BUILD DATES: 10 & 11 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Angel

• Age: 25
• Profession: Taxi driver
• Weekly Salary: 2000 pesos 

MOTHER- Karla

• Age: 21
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

• Renata, 2 years old. 

 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- San Rafael
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  3 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- Small room made of wood and dirt floor
 

FAMILY STORY:

Angel is 25 years old, works as a taxi driver and is from Sonora. Karla is 21 and she is from Ensenada. They have one daughter Renata Abigail who is 2 years old.

Karla and Angel have been together for 5 years, this time together hasn’t been easy, they struggled to find a place where they could live permanently. At the beginning they just to rent, but the rents were hard for them and they constantly were moving from one place to another.

3 months ago, they were able to save enough money for the first payment of a small property. They built a small room with wood scraps and tarp. The place is not safe, it is enough to protect them from the sun or the wind but the temperatures can either rise or drop a lot. They specially struggle with rain even so they prefer to live there in order to save the money of the rent and use it to pay for the property.

Angel works as a taxi driver with a weekly salary around $2,000 pesos per week (Around 115 dlls.), but his salary is never sure, sometimes he can earn a lot more or a lot less. Karla mostly stays home with her daughter but she does work when she is able to find small temporary jobs, when this happens her sister take cares of Renata.

They believe that with faith and hard work, one day they will be able to have a proper house. A safe place for her daughter where they can raise her and a place they can call home.

Mercy Road Team - Sosa Ramirez Family

BUILD DATES: 4 & 5 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER- Carlos

• Age: 29
• Profession: sells vegetables
• Weekly Salary: 900 pesos

MOTHER- Angelina

• Age: 28 
• Profession: Packing vegetables 
• Weekly Salary: 1330 pesos

CHILDREN-

• Osvaldo, 7 years old, 2nd grade.
• Carlos, 6 years old, 1st grade.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Maneadero
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  18 months
ELECTRICITY- yes
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- small room made of wood and dirt floor
 

FAMILY STORY:

Carlos is 29 years old and is from Oaxaca. Angelica is 28 years old and is from also from Oaxaca. They had two children Carlos who is 6 years old and is in 1st grade in elementary school and Osvaldo who is 7 years old and is in 2nd grade in elementary school.

Carlos and Angelica met in Ensenada. They have a small family and have been working hard to provide for all their needs. In September of this year they were able to buy the land where they have been living for 18 months. In that land they built a small room of wood scraps and cardboard. They don’t have the resources to build a more appropriate room, Carlos works selling vegetables and Angelica works packing vegetables. Together they earn around $ 2,000 pesos (Around $120 dlls) which is barely enough for the family needs.

They came asking for help to obtain a Homes of Hope house in order to provide their kids with a safe place to grow, to make memories together and that they can call home.

Seattle B. Team - Espinoza Urbina

BUILD DATES: 2 & 3 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER- Victor 

• Age: 35
• Profession: sells chips 
• Weekly Salary:  1200 pesos

MOTHER- Jaqueline

• Age: 17
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

• Jennifer, 11 months 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Maneadero
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  2 years
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- yes
STRUCTURE-small room made of wood & dirt floor
 

FAMILY STORY:

Victor and Jaqueline are from Guymas, but they met each other here in Ensenada. Victor is 35 and Jaqueline is 17. They have been together for 2 years and they have a daughter, Jenifer who is 11 months old.

They met when Jaqueline was having a hard time, she didn’t have money or a job and she used to have a property that she just had lost. Victor was selling chips on the streets in a small car and Jaqueline approach him to see if he would give her a free bag. Jaqueline explained to him her situation and Victor offered her a job helping him making and selling chips. They worked together for a time and started dating, Jaqueline never told Victor her real age. Time later Jaqueline got pregnant and Jaqueline moms went to talk to Victor and explain the whole situations and asked him to be responsible for the baby. Victor had already a property with a small room where he was living and Jaqueline moved in with him.

The room is very small, is made entirely of wood and a good portion of it is full with the equipment to make the chips they sell. They do and sell around 40 chips bags per day earning around $200 pesos per day, six days a week, for a total of around $1,200 pesos per week (Around 70 dlls.). The house doesn’t have electricity but it does have running water.

They want a Homes of Hope house to give her daughter a better place to live, this home represents for them a fresh start, a hope that everything is going to be fine and that they can overcome everything as a family.

Defender Direct Blue Team - Lopez Medoza Family

BUILD DATES: 24 & 25 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Domingo

• Age: 50
• Profession: works in the field
• Weekly Salary: 900 pesos

MOTHER- Juana 

• Age: 37 
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

• Ana, 17 years old, (she works)
• Ernesto, 15 years old ( he works)
• Aurelio, 7 years old, 2nd grade.
• Miguel, 2 years.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Maneadero
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  7 months
ELECTRICITY-no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- small trailer
 

FAMILY STORY:

The Lopez Mendoza family is a big one, Domingo is the father and he is 50 years old. His wife Juana is 37 and both come from the city of Oaxaca, in the state of the same name in center México. They have 4 children: Miguel Angel is the younger with 2 years old, next is Aurelio with 7 years old, followed by Ernesto who is 15 years old and finally they have Ana who is 17 years old. Only Aurelio goes to school, he is 2th grade of elementary school. Ana, the older daughter, is already living together with her boyfriend, but because they don’t have a place to live they live with her parents.

The family lives in a small trailer which is insufficient for the 7 members of the family. Santiago is sick, he has gastritis and anemia. He constantly suffers from intense pain in his stomach which render him incapable of working. His wife Juana stays home taking care of her and the family. The only incomes they have come from Ana and Ernesto, the two older sons who work on the fields from Monday to Saturday. The money they earn is insufficient for the all their needs.

The trailer where they live is too small for them, it’s also not appropriate for the weather that can go from cold and wet to really hot and dry in the same day. They wish to have a real home where they can feel free and safe.

Walk The Talk Team - Piña Viera Family

BUILD DATES: 3, 4 & 5 November 

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

MOTHER-  Adela

• Age: 22

• Profession: Factory
• Weekly Salary: 900 pesos

CHILDREN-

• Aleidis, 2 years old
• Rogelio (brother) 
• Luisa ( Sister) 

 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- Cañon Buena Vista
TIME WITH PROPERTY- 7 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- Small room made of wood. 
 

FAMILY STORY:

Adela is from Oaxaca and is 22 years old. She is a single mom with one daughter, Aleidis who is 2 years old.

Adela separated from her husband because he has problems with alcohol. When they separated Adela decided to start looking for a place to live. She used to live in her sister house but later she decided that she needed her own place for her and her daughter.

With a lot of hard work 7 months ago she was able to purchase a property in payments. Her brother helped her to buy a little wood room where she and her daughter live.

Adela works in a factory from Monday to Saturday and earns 900 pesos per week (Around 50 dlls). She let her daughter with a woman to take care of her and she pays this woman $200 per week for babysitting Aleidis. She doesn’t receive any child support from her ex-husband.

Adela really wants a home of hope to be able to give her daughter a better life, a safe place where to live and to have a place they can call their home.

Grace Spirit Team - Espinoza Dawies Family

BUILD DATES: 14 &15 October 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Manuel

• Age: 22 
• Profession: welder
• Weekly Salary: 1200 pesos 

MOTHER- Magdalena

• Age: 23
• Profession: -
• Weekly Salary: -

CHILDREN-

• Israel, 9 years old, 4th grade
• Anton, 2 years old. 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA-Maneadero
TIME WITH PROPERTY-  14 months
ELECTRICITY- yes
RUNNING WATER- yes
STRUCTURE- they live in a small trailer.
 

FAMILY STORY:

Manuel and Magdalena met each other when they were in 4 grade in elementary school. They found together again in middle school. They became boyfriends there but it only lasted one day because Magdalena moved to the States the next day. She came back some time later and they become boyfriends again, later they got engaged.

At the beginning they lived together with Magdalena’s mom, but they didn’t live there for too long.

They have 2 kids, Anton is their son and is 2 years old. Israel, the second kid, is Manuel nephew but her mom has a problem with drugs so they decided to take him in and take care of him.

They purchase a property some time ago. The land is on Manuel’s name and they pay $1,500 pesos each week. Manuel is a smith, so he doesn’t have a fixed weekly salary and Magdalena stays home taking care of the children

Right now, they live in a trailer they were able to get.

They want a home of hope house because they want a bigger place where they can take care of both kids, a place they can feel like a real home and were they can rise them together.