Date Build: Fri3 - Sat4 March 2023
FAMILY INFORMATION:
MOTHER: Elda
Age: 34 years old
Profession: street vendor at the border
Salary Weekly: $70US
CHILDREN
Name: Karen - Age: 7 years old
Name: Magali - Age: 14 years old
Letter from the family:
My name is Elda and I’m a single mother of two girls. I’m from a small village in Guerrero and speak the Mixteco dialect, it’s a little harder to speak in Spanish for me. I got married in 2007, a year later we had our first daughter and moved to Tijuana in 2010 since there was no work in our village and we didn’t have money to buy diapers. My husbands brother let us stay in a room in his house. My husband and I started working and after a while I became pregnant with our second daughter. With four mouths to feed, we were struggling financially again. I worked Monday through Friday and sometimes even the weekends to pay for food, water and electricity. After having my first daughter I started having horrible headaches (migraines). Once the headache starts, I have to lay down in a darks and quiet room until the pain goes away. Through the years the headaches have become worse and I have to be careful to not lift heavy things or spend to much time in the sun. I’ve been having migraines for 14 years now but I try to be strong for my girls since I don’t have anyone to help me. Three years ago my husband left us for another woman. He doesn’t support us so I’m left alone to take care of everything. His brother let us stay with him but after a while they started treating us badly and it’s been hard for me and the girls to live there. From the bottom of my heart, I ask you to help us with a home since we don’t have the resources to build our own house. The money I make selling candy in the border line isn’t enough for us to live on and for my girls to go to school. All I ask for is a save home for my family. I thank God for placing you in my life. Thank you so much.