Operational Costs for Hope Zone (Zona de Esperanza)

Help fund 12 months of operational costs for Hope Zone's (formally Zone Kids) outreach in Zona Norte -- North America's largest red light district.

Operational Costs for Hope Zone (Zona de Esperanza)

Help fund 12 months of operational costs for Hope Zone's (formally Zone Kids) outreach in Zona Norte -- North America's largest red light district.

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Hope Zone (Zona de Esperanza): Help fund 12 months of operational costs for Hope Zone's outreach in Zona Norte -- North America's largest red light district.

If we exceed our current fundraising goal, any extra donation dollars will be used to improve the property, expand the neighborhood programs, and to rent a nearby workshop for our new men's carpentry group.

Hope Zone’s focus is on preventing the families of Tijuana from falling into the all too common traps of drug trafficking, sex trafficking, prostitution, abuse, and poverty.

Our Story:

 What happens when you meet a six-year old girl being prostituted in North America’s largest red light district? If you are like Amanda Nino, you are forever changed. This girl was Amanda’s inspiration for the creation of Hope Zone / Zona de Esperanza (formally Zone Kids).  Hope Zone is an outreach focused on developing and empowering the families of Tijuana through the understanding of God's purpose for their lives. Hope Zone’s focus is on preventing the children of Tijuana from falling into the all too common traps of drug trafficking, sex trafficking, prostitution, abuse, and poverty.  In 2010, Hope Zone began meeting weekly in a park located between a main highway and the red light district. It was there that the Hope Zone staff began building relationships with the local children through playing sports and making crafts.

Today, Hope Zone meets multiple times a week, offering programs in STEM, music, karate, creative arts, and providing personal tutoring for the kids… along with teaching sewing and jewelry classes for the women.

We would love your help to keep these programs operational and continuing to grow!

Quick Facts:

Zona Norte is located in the heart of Tijuana, Mexico; near the US border, and is the largest red light district in North America.
There are a reported 5,000 to 6,000 sex workers in the Zona Norte and other parts of Tijuana.
Poverty is an underlying cause for the large scale of this injustice.
Girls who are trafficked to the area are offered false promises for work, and the women who willingly participate are just trying to survive financially, and as a result they prostitute themselves for the sake of providing for their families.

Robet Noyes	$500.00
Anonymous	$5,000.00
Lange Family
Anonymous	$1,600.00
Anonymous	$1,400.00
The Bronaugh Family
Anonymous	$10,000.00
Brent & Mindy McQueen	$250.00
Matt & Nancy Grimes	$250.00

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