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Record earnings for FairMail teenagers!

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

While the rest of the world is worried about recovery of the economy FairMail’s teenage photographers made record earnings in 2010!

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In total the 27 photographers from Peru and India earned a total of 15.985 euro in 2010. Since FairMail started the grand total now adds up to 46.035 euro in generated income for the teenagers.

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elmer225 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!

If you want to know how much each teenager has earned in total then go to their personal profile pages by clicking here.

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Photographer Cinthia builds her own future

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Good news from Peru about Cinthia! As one of the first FairMail photographers she has now grown to be a source of inspiration for the new generation of photographers who can see what they can acheive by taking great pictures for FairMail. With the 4335,= euro Cinthia earned with the sale of her cards she started a three year long course to become a tour guide. The last few FairMail photography trips she did her practical period with us to practice what she has learned so far.

Besides her education whe also used the money she earned to buy a watertank and build a new kitchen (see picture) for her family and to buy a computer and build a private bedroom for herself! So no longer does she have to share her bed with her sister. A nice idea now she is a young adult and no longer a teenager!

In May 2009 Cinthia turned 19 and thus ended her active career as a photographer for FairMail. But because of her talent, leadership and sense of responsility she got promoted to assistant manager of FairMail Peru. Due to the rapid growth of FairMail Peru our current manager Renato can use all the help he can get! Keep it up Cinthia, we are very proud of you!

Click here to directly send Cinthia an e-mail if you wish to congratulate her (and for her to practice her english!)

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Photographer Maria flor starts university

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

We are very proud of Maria flor from FairMail Peru. Here she is with three of her friend with whom she finished pre-university year.

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In January 2011 she will start her 4 year course in communication sciences. This acheivement didn’t come easily at all for Maria flor. With her family she is living next to the Trujillo prison where she ended up when she moved to the big city with her mother. Jobs weren’t easy to come by, so like many of the inhabitants of the “El Milagro” slum (which means the miracle in Spanish!) she ended up working on the garbage belt. With the collection of paper, tin, iron and glass they managed to earn just enough to get by. By now her mother had a new man. He and Mariaflor didn’t get along wel, but two brothers and a sister followed. With the help of ACJ (a community centre in El Milagro) and later FairMail she managed to finish secondary school last year.

Because the education tought at the public school in El Milagro is of low quality had to prepare herself last year before being able to aply for the prestigous Cesar Vallejo university in Trujillo. She also succeded in that. The only problem was she hadn’t earned enough money yet with her photography for FairMail to start. That’s why the last months she has been working as a waitress in the same restaurant her mother is working as a cook. Despite the horrible situation at home (her father can’t keep his hands to himself), Maria flor is determined to give her family better oppertunities then the ones she had. That is why we are so proud of her breaking the circle of poverty! Of course we will be in touch with Maria flor and monitoring her university results.

Want to read more about Mariaflor, check her pictures or send her an e-mail to congratulate her? Then click here.

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Two Indian FairMail teenagers back into the school benches

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

tuition150 After years without going to school, two teenagers of FairMail India are following classes again since the beginning of this year. With their income from the sale of their cards they hired a private tutor to help them catch up. Lack of money and responsibilities for their families made that Anil and Akaash hadn’t been to school for some years now.

At FairMail photography is a means for teenagers to realize their own dreams. For some of them this roads leads past the university or some sort of advanced education. But others dream of working with their hands and investing in their own business. That is why school is not the best option for all of the teenagers. Especially if they have already fallen behind a couple of years. But still FairMail believes it will be almost impossible to accomplish your dream if you can’t at least read, write and know some maths. Luckily our manager Akshay and some of the teenagers colleagues managed to convince the two boys of this after some initial doubts from their side.

This made the surprise even bigger when we heard a few weeks back that one of the two boys, Anil, has gotten so enthusiastic about following classes that he wants to return to a proper school! As you can imagine we are very happy that FairMail gave him the opportunity to rediscover his passion to learn.

Read more about Anil’s plans for the future by clicking here.

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Going to school with FairMail in India

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Thanks to your purchases of FairMail cards our teenage photographers in India can “go to school with FairMail”. So we thought it would be fun to take YOU to school in India. Below you can see how some of the teenagers from FairMail India go to their schools and what it is like there.

Ankita walks from her home to school with a friend:

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Anuj goes to school by bike, which he bought with his FairMail money. Before they go into class they pray together outside.
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Akaash and Anil walk together to their tutor. Both can’t go to an ordinary school yet, so they use their FairMail money to hire a private teacher and get them back to a normal school level.

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