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Le bureau de FairMail Pérou est fermé en raison des inondations

jeudi, avril 20th, 2017
The remains of the outer wall of Julissa's piece of land.

The remains of the outer wall of Julissa’s piece of land.

Trujillo flooded 6 times

As some of you will have read in the news, Peru has been hit with the worst floods in 20 years (read more here if you missed it). Due to exceptional warming of the Pacific Ocean (called El Nino Costero) heavy rains fell in the normally dry desert of Northern Peru, including Huanchaco where the FairMail office is based. Dry riverbeds turned into raging rivers causing mood slides that flooded the entire city of Trujillo (see video here). Causing damage to thousands of homes and destroying the homes of families who built their homes (too) close to the normally dry river beds.

Severe damage to homes of FairMail teenagers

The homes of two of the FairMail teenagers were also severely affected. The home of Angelica mother totally collapsed as the mud brick walls melted away by the rain water that poured onto their low lying plot of land. Luckily they managed to move in to her grandmother’s home next door in time.

The FairMail Peru team in action helping to fill up the land of Angelica's collapsed house.

The FairMail Peru team in action helping to fill up the land of Angelica’s collapsed house.

Julissa mud brick home barely survived and is in risk of collapsing if more rain falls. The  entire wall protecting the land near the garbage belt where they keep their pigs and ducks did collapse. Giving them severe stress and worries as burglar’s can now easily come in and steal the animals they depend on to make a living. Reconstructing the long wall will cost them a lot of money they don’t have.

Alternatives for photography classes

Due to the partial flooding of Huanchaco (see here) and its access roads the FairMail office was forced to suspend classes for 2 weeks until the rains stopped and roads opened up again. During that time we did meet with the teenagers to try and provide some relief for those hit by the flooding. We spent one Saturday class in the logistics centre distributing water, food and clothes to the different surrounding towns in the area. Also most of the teenagers helped Angelica out with wheelbarrows and spades to fill up her plot with 14 cubic meters of sand and stones. This makes us very proud of our team!

The FairMail Peru team helping out with the distribution of drinking water to the flood victims.

The FairMail Peru team helping out with the distribution of drinking water to the flood victims.

Reconstruction

The rains have now stopped, but a lot of work still has to be done and many people will need to rebuild their homes. As a social enterprise FairMail is not doing any fundraising but we are in contact with NGO’s and individuals who provide direct help. Please get in contact with us if you would like to receive any suggestions to make a donation and help these people out.

Nouvelles vidéos personnelles du adolescents FairMail en ligne

mercredi, septembre 7th, 2016
Video update by FairMail Peru photographer Anidela

Video update by FairMail Peru photographer Anidela

The great thing about the FairMail cards is that you can see on the back of each card who you are supporting directly with your purchase. Each FairMail teenager has his or her own story about dreams, hardships, passions and getting ahead in life.

We have now updated the personal profile pages of our current photographers in Peru with 9 new recorded video updates. You can view all of them below or on each teenager’s personal profile page.

Anidela (18):

Juan Gabriel (17):

Angelica (16):

Bryan (16):

Medalit (16):

Kzanier (16):

Julissa (16):

Dante (15):

Paul (14):

Les hautsdes graves et les plans futurs de nos adolescents péruviens

jeudi, février 4th, 2016
FairMail Peru photographer Paul telling about his highs and lows

FairMail Peru photographer Paul telling about his highs and lows

For the Peruvian teenagers 2015 was a year full of broken bones, broken friendships, getting first place, getting promoted, valuable lessons in life and many other things.

Especially for you, we asked the teenagers to update their personal profile pages with last year’s highs and lows. Plus their plans for the coming year, explaining how they plan to use their part of the earnings from the sale of their fair trade FairMail cards to enter university, study English and start a new business among other things.

Click here to read their own stories.

We also uploaded short new videos of the 4 newest FairMail teenagers presenting themselves which you can view below:

À la rencontre des 3 nouveaux participants péruviens

mercredi, juillet 15th, 2015

The three new FairMail teenagersLa grande famille de Fairmail vient encore une fois de s’agrandir en accueillant 3 nouveaux membres. Depuis avril, MedalitAngelica et Paul travaillent fort pour comprendre le fonctionnement de leur caméra et pour acquérir les bases de la photographie numérique.

S’être rendu jusque là est déjà un grand accomplissement pour ces jeunes. En mars, un groupe de 5 adolescents se sont engagés dans une période d’essai au sein Fairmail pour pourvoir les 3 places qui s’annonçaient vacantes. Ces 5 jeunes avaient été référés par les organismes locaux collaborant avec Fairmail dans le but de les guider dans leur vie.

Durant ce mois d’essai, les participants ont reçu les bases de la photographie et la chance de nous convaincre qu’ils s’avèrent être les candidats idéals pour faire un usage optimal des opportunités offertes par Fairmail. Cela peut être démontré en faisant preuve de motivation pour Fairmail ainsi que pour l’école, en arrivant à l’heure pour les cours de photographie, en étant responsable de l’appareil photo prêté et en respectant les autres membres de l’équipe.

Angelica with her proud parents

Après un mois, 3 jeunes nous ont convaincus qu’ils seraient parfaitement en mesure de maximiser l’équipement et les cours qui leur seraient offerts. Ils furent très heureux et fiers quand ils ont reçus cette nouvelle. Mais bien sûr, ils compatissaient également pour leurs deux compères qui ne feront pas partie de l’aventure Fairmail pour l’instant.

Nous souhaitons à Paul, Angelica et Medalit le meilleurs pour les années à venir et nous espérons être en mesure de montrer leur première carte Fairmail rapidement. Sur leur page personnelle, vous pouvez déjà en apprendre davantage sur chacun d’eux. Il est aussi possible de communiquer avec eux via Facebook ou par email et de voter pour leurs premières photos. Vous le constaterez par vous même, ils sont très talentueux!