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Baja Family Profiles 2007

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Families that we built houses for in 2007

Group Leader: Diana Judge
Building Date: Sept 2007

New Home:
Manzana 31, Lote 86
Rojo Gomez

Family:
Name: Estrella Age: 1

Name: Gustavo Garcia
Age: 30
Work: Recycler, $80 pw

Spouse: Alejandra Alarcon
Age: 20
Work: Home, $0 pw

Observations:
Gustavo Garcia (age 30) earns $80 per week working as a recylcer. He and his wife Alejandra Alarcon (age 20) and their child Estrella live in a small room with no running water or electricity on their property.

Group Leader: Diana Judge
Building Date: Sept 2007

New Home:
Manzana 31, Lote 87
Rojo Gomez

Family:
Name: Brandon Age: 11
Name: Ilse Age: 7
Name: Arely Age: 3

Name: Orlando Martinez
Age: 27
Work: Mechanic, $80 pw

Spouse: Amparo Perez
Age: 28
Work: Home, $00 pw

Observations:
Orlando Martinez (age 27) earns $80 per week working as a mechanic. He and his wife Amparo Perez (age 28) and their three children live in a small room with no running water or electricity on their property.

Group Leader: Diana Judge
Building Date: Sept 2007

New Home:
Manzana 58
Lote 7
Terrazas II

Family:
Name: Daphne Age: 6
Name: Victor Age: 4

Name: Flora Montoya
Age: 26
Work: Home

Spouse: Victor Elizalde
Age: 30
Work: Bricklayer, $75 p/wk

Observations:
Victor Elizalde (age 30) earns $75 per week working as a brick layer. He and his wife Flora Montoya (age 26) and their 2 children live in a small room with no running water or electricity on their property.

Group Leader: Diana Judge
Building Date: May 23-26, 2007

New Home: Manzana 92, Lote 13,
Terrazas I

Family:
Lorenzo Age: 23
Laura Age: 21
Julio Age: 16
Luis Age: 15
Oscar Age: 13
Yovani Age: 9
Jonatan Age: 1

Name: Petra Meras Duarte
Age: 42
Working: yes
Where: Factory, $70/week

Observations:
Petra and her family live in a small room.
They do not have running water or electricity on their property.

Group Leader: Diana Judge
Building Date: May 23-26, 2007

New Home: Manzana 84, Lote 14, Terrazas I

Family:
Alejandro Age: 22
Isabel Age: 18
Mario Age: 11
Esua Age: 10
Alejandra Age: 2
Maria Age: 1

Name: Mario Perez Luna
Age: 40
Working: yes
Where: Painter, $80/week

Spouse: Isabel Cristina luna prieto
Age: 38
Working:
Where:

Observations:
Mario, his wife Isabel and their 6 children live in a small room with no running water or electricity on their property.

School Profile

Escuela Sector #14 School is located in Terrazes, and is a middle school which is responsible for the education of 1,000 students per year. There are not enough classrooms to accommodate the students, so the school operates 2 shifts per day – one that starts in the morning, with the other starting in the afternoon. There is only enough government funding to pay teachers salaries, so the school needs to raise funds from the student’s families to pay for books, maintenance and new buildings– a very difficult task in such a poor area.

During July 2007, a Global Tribe team built a new classroom (above) at the school – the 8th grade students pictured below are very happy to have a new classroom! We return during September 2007 to build another classroom alongside the one we built during July.

Where: Escuela Sector #14, Colonia Terrazas Del Valle
Principal: Graciella Lopez (pictured above)
Age of Students: Middle School
Number of Students: 1000

We are also building a classroom at Escuela Sector #14 in Terrazas

Escuela Sector #14 School is located in Terrazes, and is a middle school which is responsible for the education of 1,000 students per year. There are not enough classrooms to accommodate the students, so the school operates 2 shifts per day – one that starts in the morning, with the other starting in the afternoon.

While a Global Tribe team was building a home across the road for Petra and her family during May 2007, two of the Global Tribe team, along with Baja Christian Ministries staff, visited the school to see whether we could teach a hygiene class to middle school students. We were welcomed with open arms. We soon discovered that the classrooms were over crowded and the school was in desperate need of new classrooms. There is only enough government funding to pay teachers salaries, so the school needs to raise funds from the students families to pay for books, maintenance and new buildings– a very difficult task in such a poor area.

During July 2007, the Global Tribe team built a new classroom at the school.

Where: Escuela Sector #14, Colonia Terrazas Del Vall
Name of Principal: Graciella Lopez
Age of Students: Middle School
Number of Students: 1000

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