Date Build: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th May 2024
FAMILY INFORMATION:
MOTHER: Yolanda
Age: 20 years old
Job: Sales
Salary Weekly: $100 US
CHILDREN
Kimberly - 20 years old
Letter from the family: Hello! My name is Yolanda, my family and I came to Tijuana running away from violence and in search of a better life 12 years a go. Last year my husband passed away unexpectedly from a very aggressive cancer and it left me and my daughter without a husband and without a dad; and with debts and a big void in our lives. Friends and family have been good to us and have helped us, but as time has passed by we’ve found ourselves again on our own. With my husband’s departure it has been very hard to cover all of our expenses and to pay rent, that's why we got kicked out of the house we were renting and we ended up in the street. A dear friend allowed us to stay in her house for a season, until we could find another place but now they are also asking us to leave. We don’t have anywhere else to go, that’s why we have applied for a Home of Hope. My daughter sells candy at her university and I sell stuff people give us to help sustain ourselves and I also clean houses a couple times a week. We have family in the south but we don’t want to go back because of the insecurity there. My husband and I were together for 24 years, losing him was the hardest thing we’ve ever been through as a family, but we have hope for the future and we are expecting better times for us. Thank you so much for reading our application and for considering us for a Home of Hope.