Elmer and Maria flor make it to the Eiffel tower!
In June FairMail organized a European Promotional tour with two of our Peruvian photographers Elmer and Mariaflor. In 21 days they travelled from Berlin to Paris and from Brussel to München. The goal was to promote FairMail and to conduct market research to the teenage photographers can adapt their pictures even better to the different wishes from the market FairMail is now active in.
It was a unforgettable trip for both of the teenagers, who had never even been on a plane, but also for Peter and Janneke and all of the ex volunteers who helped out along the way.
You can find a photo impression through this link
The trip summarized in a few numbers:
12 interviews given by Elmer and Mariaflor
3.440 driven kilometres
4 different countries visited
8 FairMail selling points visited
7 distributors and publishers visited
29 ex-volunteers met on the road
photo shoot for fair trade banana promostunt
Interview for Dutch Ode Magazine
photo shoot for German newspaper
Top earner this year was Elmer Machuca Chacon from Peru who earned a total of 1.756 euro. He is currently our top photographer! In India both Kaushal and Anshu where very succesful earning a bit more then 500 euro each. Don’t forget that the kids are making this money during their 5 hour a weekly free photography classes provided by FairMail volunteers! Not bad, to earn money while you’re studying!
Now that the first bookings have come in for the first photography excursion to India it departure on the the 19th of October is confirmed. This 10 day long adventurous trip departs from Varanasi, along the holy Ganges river, passes by the lush green Pachmari hill station and Jabalput along the border of the holy Narmada river. Besides the destinations the most unique thing about this trip is you travel together with the Indian teenage photographers. Travelling together gives you much more contact with the locals and the chance to understand India from the inside! Taking pictures together provide the best opportunity to do so. 
