Our Kids

City of Angels is a ministry that has transformed over 25 years of hard work.

We began sheltering children of very limited resources, children of prostitutes, or children who came from homes filled with drugs, addiction, and abuse. For many years, our home functioned solely as an orphanage, housing 40 children. Supporting more than 300 children at different times, providing them with decent housing and lots of love.

More than 10 years ago, we decided to bring a fresh dynamic and, with that, extend our help not only to the children but also to their families so they could move forward together.

Currently, we have orphaned children whom we are raising as a family, and we support more than 80 children each month directly, along with their families, providing the basic necessities to keep them together.

Isn’t this crazy? We are an orphanage fighting to ensure that fewer and fewer children end up on our doorsteps as interns.

FAMILIES DESERVE TO STAY TOGETHER, AND FOOD OR THE MOST BASIC THINGS SHOULD NOT BE A REASON TO LEAVE THEIR KIDS.

In Tijuana, many of the children housed in institutions and orphanages do have families, but they often lack the necessary resources to provide for their children with dignity, and that’s when they decide to take them to a shelter.

At COA, we have many different branches of work:

Orphanage: Where we shelter children who truly have no one but us.

Community Center: Where we provide clothing, food, shoes, prayer, and support to families and our Tecolote community.

Community Program: We select 15 families with approximately 40 children and provide them with basic necessities year-round (clothing, food, school supplies, shoes, and much more).

Coffee Shop: We provide our youth with their first job, teach them values, hard work, responsibility, and commitment, and at the same time provide for the ministry.

Special Services: We open our home to offer the community a service of God’s Word, food, and community.

Mission Trips: We plan and organize mission trips for families, churches, groups of friends, or coworkers. We show them the experience of doing a project or coming to spend an incredible time with our children.

English Classes: We provide English classes every week to more than 20 students. We believe in the power of knowledge and how they can get better jobs with this skill. 

Special Events: We love celebrating important dates. That’s why on Children’s Day, Summer, Christmas, and other holidays, we open our doors to more than 100 children to enjoy themselves and bring gifts, food, and a big community celebration where many children who don’t have the opportunity to do so at home can join us.