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(English) Make your own FairMail mothersday card online

mardi, mai 8th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.

This Sunday 13th of May is mothersday in many countries of the world. This year you can surprise your mother with your own personalized FairMail mothersday card! Our teenage photographers in Peru and India made many pictures that represent the love for our mothers. You can choose from many different models on the Greetz website (click here for German) (click here for english). In a few simple steps you can choose the picture of your choice, design your card and write your own text. Greetz then prints and posts the card for you. If you make the card before 8pm this friday Greetz will deliver your card in time. Very easy and very nice to do!

Even more because in the inside of the card your mother will not only read jour sweet words, but also read the name, age and picture of the FairMail teenager who took the picture and earns money that way to finance his or her own education.

Below the teenage photographers tell how they celebrate mothersday in Peru and what their mothers mean to them:

(English) 12 May: World Fair Trade Day!

mardi, mai 8th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.

World Fair Trade Day 2012

World Fair Trade Day 2012

This Saturday the 12th of May Fair Trade will be celebrated in many places and cultures across the globe during World Fair Trade Day.

Various events are organized in more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Pacific Rim. Leading the celebration are members of the World Fair Trade Organizations (WFTO) that have pioneered Fair Trade for more than five decades.

As a WFTO member for more then two years FairMail is celebrating World Fair Trade Day at the « Levenskunst Beurs in Vught« . FairMail will be setting up a photo exhibition with pictures from our teenage photographers, show videos and sell the new card collection. So please come and have a look and celebrate with us!

Also we are offering a 10% discount on the entire FairMail collection in the FairMail webshop. At the end just add the discountcode WFTD2012.

(English) Help FairMail and give your opinion

mardi, mai 8th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en Nederlands.

Fair Media Foundation

Fair Media Foundation

FairMail heeft jouw hulp nodig! Of beter gezegd de Fair Media Foundation heeft je hulp nodig. De FairMedia Foundation is opgericht in samenwerking met FairMail en steunt projecten, zodat kansarme  maar creatieve jongeren wereldwijd zelf geld verdienen voor hun eigen toekomst. Deze projecten geven de jongeren een kans om hun creativiteit en zelfvertrouwen te ontwikkelen.

Om de Fair Media Foundation succesvol op te starten wordt er een onderzoek gedaan naar de potentiële doelgroep en communicatiestrategie. Daarnaast onderzoeken we hoe communicatie kan bijdragen aan de fondsenwerving. Zodat de Fair Media Foundation donaties en donateurs kan verwelkomen en verschillende projecten kan steunen.

Jij kunt ons helpen door deze enquête in te vullen via de volgende link. De enquête wordt geheel anoniem verwerkt en duurt circa 5 minuten.

Het onderzoek wordt gedaan door Ashna Singh (21), studente Marketing & Communicatie aan de Hogeschool Rotterdam. Naast haar studie zet ze zich in voor andere maatschappelijke projecten en werkt ze als communicatie- en marketingmedewerker bij een internetbedrijf. Dit onderzoek staat voor haar in het teken van haar afstuderen. Na dit traject zal zij het onderzoek moeten verdedigen en rondt zij haar Hbo-opleiding af. “Mijn motivatie om bij de Fair Media Foundation af te studeren is, omdat ik graag in de toekomst een project in India wil starten. De Fair Media Foundation geeft mij de kans om ervaring op te doen in deze branche.” vertelt Ashna.

(English) First French FairMail calendar available now!

mardi, mai 8th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.

French FairMail Calender 2013

French FairMail Calender 2013

FairMail’s first French calendar is now available!

In cooperation with FairMail’s French publisher « La Carterie » a 2013 calendar was produced. The artistic team at La Carterie choose to make a fair trade calendar using 12 portraits made by the FairMail teenagers in Peru and India.

In May the La Carterie sales force will start to sell and distribute the calendar to their selling points all over France. Click here to download the low resolution calendar

(English) Great academis results for teenagers in Peru

mercredi, avril 25th, 2012

(English) Two Indian FairMail teenagers visit Europe in June

mercredi, avril 25th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.


FairMail India photographer Dhiraj

FairMail India photographer Dhiraj

What’s happening?

In June two Indian FairMail teenagers are coming to Europe to promote their greeting cards and learn more about the European card market they sell their pictures to. If all goes according to plan Anil Rao (15 years old) and Dhiraj Kannaujiya (19 years old) will travel through Europe between the 11th of June and the 3rd of July 2012. During this period they will visit the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium.

FairMail India photographer Anil

FairMail India photographer Anil

Preparations being made:

We are currently busy preparing their travel schedule in which they will visit their most important clients, do press interviews, open picture exhibitions and sell their cards directly to consumers at different consumer festivals. If you have any suggestions or contacts to help get press coverage for the teenagers’s visit please contact us by clicking here!

Hope for the best & pray for the rest:

Now all we have to hope for is that also Anil gets his passport in time (he has already been waiting over 7 months!) and that the visa application on Monday the first of May goes well.

A big thank you for:

The Promotional tour would not have been possible without the kind financial and organizational support of: FairMail Distribution Partner in Germany, La Carterie in France, Fair Trade shop in Delft and the Fair Media Foundation in the Netherlands.

(English) New video of FairMail photography trips

mercredi, avril 25th, 2012

(English) New FairMail Card collection out now!

mercredi, mars 21st, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.

One of Dhiraj's new cards

One of Dhiraj's new cards

Since mid March the new FairMail Card collection is out! No less then 36 new cards where printed in the most popular greeting card themes. The new collection is produced in cooperation with Context Cards, one of the Netherlands leading card publishers which is also has the licences for well know greeting card concepts like Loesje, Blond Amsterdam and PiP studio. For FairMail the cooperation with Context Cards is an important next step in working towards it future plans. By letting the printing, distribution and sales of the cards  be done by professional parties who already have a significant market share, Peter and Janneke focus on their strengths: the guarding of the FairMail concept, making sure the teenager’s photography complies even more with the demand and increasing the impact of FairMail with new production units like in Morocco later this year.

One of Akaash's new cards

One of Akaash's new cards

The new cards will be made available through Context Cards’ selling points, but of course also through FairMail’s online webshop. So go and have a look. Happy shopping!

(English) Info meeting photography trips on 28th of April 2012

vendredi, février 10th, 2012

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Travelling with the locals

Travelling with the locals

In de zomer/najaar van 2012 organiseert FairMail weer 3 fantastische fotografiereizen in Peru en India. Hierbij krijg je de kans om samen met de FairMail tiener fotografen te reizen door hun land en zo van dichtbij in contact te komen met het land, de inwoners en FairMail. Hier lees je meer over de FairMail reizen.

Om geïnteresseerden hierover te informeren organiseert FairMail op 28 april 2012 in Amsterdam ‘s middags een voorlichtingsbijeenkomst over de reizen door Peru en India.

Van te voren opgeven is noodzakelijk en kan via dit contactformulier.

(English) Record earnings for FairMail teenagers in 2011

vendredi, février 10th, 2012

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English, Nederlands et Español.

In a year where the word « crisis » was heard way too often FairMail’s teenage photographers in Peru en India proved that with creativity, hard work and having something unique to offer there are still big opportunities. For the fifth year in a row they managed to set a record regarding their earnings from their photography over the year. In 2011 the teenagers earned a total of 25.794 euro for their personal education-, housing- and medical funds! This way bringing their total earnings since the start of FairMail in 2006 to 74.594 euro.

Elmer Machuca Chacon

Elmer Machuca Chacon

The big earner in 2011 in Peru was 19 year old Elmer with a total of more then 10.000 soles (almost 3.000 euro), bringing his total career earnings to 7.654 euro. With this money Elmer is starting his 5 year career in communication sciences at the private UPAO university in Trujillo this March. In January the FairMail Peru team passed the 200.000 soles mark in overall earnings for the first time (almost 60.000 euro).

Sandhya Rao

Sandhya Rao

The big earner in India is 15 year old Sandhya with more then 100.000 rupees (just over 1.600 euro), bringing her career total to 2.027 euro since she started taking pictures for the first time in Febuary 2009. Sandhya is still in secondary school and saving up for her career to become a doctor. In January the FairMail India team passed the 1.000.000 rupees mark in overaal earnings for the first time (almost 16.000 euro).

On behalf of all the teenagers, volunteers and coordinators at FairMail we would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all the FairMail customers over the world to help us make these great results possible!