True U (Blue Team) - Ramos Esquivel Family

BUILD DATES: December 9-10, 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER - Edgar

• Age: 30 years old
• Profession: Disabled
• Monthly Salary: $35 

MOTHER - Michelle

• Age: 26 Years Old
• Profession: - N/A
• Weekly Salary: - N/A

CHILDREN

• Laura - 10 Years Old, 4th Grade
• Joselin - 8 Years Old, 3rd Grade
• Kimberly - 5 Years Old, Kindergarten 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Sexto Ayuntamiento
TIME WITH PROPERTY - 3 years
ELECTRICITY - Yes
RUNNING WATER - Yes
STRUCTURE - Wood Room with Cement Floor
 

FAMILY STORY:

Edgar is 30 years old and Michelle is 26; they are from Tijuana. They have 3 children: Laura who is 10 years old and in 4th grade, Joselin who is 8 years old and is in 3rd grade, and Kimberly who is 5 and in Kindergarten.

Edgar and Michelle came to Ensenada looking for better work opportunities as Edgar didn’t study, so his possibilities to find a job in Tijuana were small. They moved to Ensenada where he could find a job working in the port. Sadly, he had an accident while working and couldn’t work for two years. He needed to have surgery, but he couldn’t get it on time, so he has permanent damage on his hand. From his previous job he only receives $600 pesos per month as a support (Around $35 USD) which is not enough for the family needs. Now that he has a handicap it has become even harder for him to get another job.

Their three children go to school, and this has been hard on the family as they normally struggle with the expenses for it, but Edgar wants their children to study so they have better opportunities than him. Sometimes they don’t even have money to buy food.

They live in a small wood room that’s in very bad shape, Edgar feels very bad about it because he desires to work to support his family and provide for them, but he can’t find any job and they don’t have the resources to build a safer place to live.

Edgar and Michelle really want a Home of Hope house for their family, as they wish to give their children a better and safer place where to live, a place they can really call home and a place where they can work together as a family to keep going.

True U (Red Team) - Chavez Isodoro Family

BUILD DATES: December 9-10, 2017

 

FAMILY INFORMATION:

FATHER - Teofilo

• Age: 33 years old
• Profession: Taco Stand
• Weekly Salary: $53 USD

MOTHER - Cristina

• Age: 29 Years Old
• Profession: Taco Stand
• Weekly Salary: - $47 USD

CHILDREN

• Angel Isaac - 1 Year, 10 Months Old

 

 

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA - Sexto Ayuntamiento
TIME WITH PROPERTY - N/A
ELECTRICITY - N/A
RUNNING WATER - N/A
STRUCTURE - They rent a house behind their property.
 

FAMILY STORY:

The Chavez Isodoro Family

Teofilo is 33 years old and is from Puebla in the center of México. Cristina is 29 and she is from Ensenada. They have one child, Angel Isaac, who is one year old.

Cristina and Teofilo met in Rosarito, where Teofilo worked in a Taco stand and Cristina used to go to Rosarito often. They started a relationship and later got married.

Their son, Angel Isaac was born without his right ear, and he has to go to the doctor every 3 or 4 months to be evaluated to make sure that it is growing correctly. The doctors have told them that he can have corrective surgery to reconstruct his ear, but they still don’t know how much it will cost. They know that it’s probably going to be expensive, but they have to wait until Angel is 8 or 9 years old for him to be able to receive it.

Teofilo and Cristina have a property right behind the place they rent, but because of the expenses they have with Angel’s medical situation they have been unable to build a room or a place on it. To have their own home would mean a lot for the. On one hand they would be able to save the money they are using on the house they are renting, and on the other hand they would have their own place, a house that they can call their home and where they can raise a family.

Defender Direct Orange Team - Lopez Serrato

BUILD DATES: 24 & 25 November 2017

FAMILY INFORMATION:

 

FATHER- Oscar

• Age: 36
• Profession: sells food 
• Weekly Salary: 2500 pesos 

MOTHER- Abilene

• Age: 29 
• Profession: sells food 
• Weekly Salary: (same income)

CHILDREN-

• Oscar, 12 years old, 7th grade.
• Emiliano, 10 years old, 5th grade.
• Fernanda, 4 years old, 3 Kinder garden.

PROPERTY INFORMATION:

COLONIA- San Rafael
TIME WITH PROPERTY- 6 months
ELECTRICITY- no
RUNNING WATER- no
STRUCTURE- small room made of wood and dirt floor. 
 

FAMILY STORY:

Oscar is 36 years old and Abilene is 29. They are from Ensenada and have 3 children. Fernanda who is 4 years old and is in 3rd grade of kinder garden. Emiliano who is 10 years old and is in 5th grade of elementary school and Oscar, who is 12 years old and is in 1st grade of middle school.

Oscar and Abilene met in San Vicente. Abilene was studying, and every day walked in front of Oscar work, with time they met and started to talk and later they started a relationship and decided to live together. Oscar got another job in a ranch and for a year they were living there. After that they were changing locations, they lived with her mom for a time and invaded and empty property for a time. When they had problems with the owner moved with Adilene’s father and decided to look for a property and bought it with a credit. They have been living in it for six months now.

They built a small room on their property with wood and tarp, they don´t have a concrete floor and they don’t have a bathroom either. Oscar and Abilene work doing and selling churros. Earning around $500 pesos per day (Around 30 dlls).

Oscar is sick, he has Hepatitis C. His children don’t know about it because Oscar and Abilene don’t want to worry them. All of them are studying and they believe that if they know it could affect their performance in the school. Oscar, the older son, is a really good student with really good grades and their parent don’t want to do anything that could affect his performance.

Oscar and Abilene want a homes of hope house to give their children a better, safer place where to live. They know they don’t have the resource to do it by themselves, but they believe God can provide for their needs.