Iglesia Embajadores de Jesus & Little Haiti
About Iglesia Embajadores de Jesus and Little Haiti
Run by Pastor Banda and Pastora Zaida, Iglesia Embajadores de Jesus is one of the largest of the 32 albergues in Tijuana. It provides care and shelter for two populations of migrants, one primarily of Centroamericanos, who live in the church building itself, the other of Haitians, in an encampment known as Little Haiti, which also houses African migrants, in an adjacent set of buildings.
Pastors Banda and Zaida were kind enough to allow us to initiate our art project at Embajadores de Jesus, with both populations of migrants.
While there, we met several people providing services to the migrants, and had the chance to speak with them. These interviews are posted further down on this page. We hope you can take the time to listen.
Migrants: 200-500 (~50% children)
Background
Pastor Banda discusses his support for African and Haitian migrants in Tijuana.
Interviews
Attorneys from Al Otro Lado speaking about the legal challenges faces by the asylum seekers in the albergues.
Luis Gomez Rosales of Psicólogos Sin Fronteras de Baja California talking about therapy work they do with the people in the albergues
Entrevista con Hondureño migrante Marcos, que estaba quedando, con sus dos hijos, en el albergue Iglesia Embajadores de Jesús (en español).
Our visit in November 2019 to teach art and throwing, and to distribute discs
Photos by Mykel Rose
