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Los suenos locos de fotografo Juan Carlos

jueves, junio 30th, 2011
Juan Carlos with his family in front of his parents house

Juan Carlos with his family in front of his parents house

Hola, mi nombre es Juan Carlos Gonzales Cabellos y tengo 17 años

Nací en paiján, yo vivía con mis padres, mi mamá María cabellos,  mi papá, Severino Gonzales y mi hermanito William Gonzales cabellos.

Les cuento que cuando era niño  vendía caramelos en las calles, ya que mis padres eran de bajos recursos económicos y no se abastecían para darnos estudios, comencé a trabajar en las calles sabiendo que era peligroso pero tenía que hacerlo  para poder apoyar a mi familia, y en el transcurso de los días empecé a relacionarme con chicos que también trabajaban en la calle, conocí a un amigo que sabía sobre una casa hogar llamada “Mundo De Niños”  la cual ayudaba a niños que no tenían recursos para salir adelante.

Juan Carlos with his new lap top in his bed room

Juan Carlos with his new lap top in his bed room

A que no saben? logre ingresar a esta casa hogar donde me brindaba un techo donde dormir, un plato de comida, y cariño pero hay lo más importante es la educación de los chicos y  todos los que pertenecemos a esta casita gracias a ellos estoy estudiando y ahora paso a 4to de secundaria y ya no trabajo en las calles.

Siempre escuchaba de una micro empresa llamada FairMail  donde dos  de mis compañeros asistían, tenia tanta curiosidad de saber y siempre preguntaba y me gustaba lo que ellos realizaban ps era la fotografía  que chévere!!. Y no me quede con las ganas e ingrese a FairMail  y les cuento que FairMail a hora es una empresa y que viene   ayudando  a jóvenes de bajos recursos económicos, por medio de la fotografía, la cual tomamos en diferentes partes del Perú y son exportadas al extranjero para ser vendidas, y luego la mitad de las ventas de las postales son para FairMail y la mitad para el fotógrafo claro aclarando que el 50% es para los gastos de la empresa y el otro 50% es para dividirlo es fondos la cual son fondo de salud, fondo de ropa, fondo de casa, y lo más importante fondo de educación .

Chef Juan Carlos ready for action!

Chef Juan Carlos ready for action!

Gracias a FairMail logre comprarme una laptop la cual me sirve para practicar diseño gráfico y pude ayudar a levantar la pared de mi casa la cual estaba a punto de caerse, y  como me gusta mucho cocinar estudio cocina en un instituto llamado COCINA DE LOS CHEFF, y trabajo en huanchaco en una pizzería llamada MISQUI y yo soy pizzero y pienso en el futuro ser un gran fotógrafo y tener mi propio restaurante

Es algo loco verdad pero el que se la propone la consigue

Espero les guste mi historia y nos apoyen mas comprando nuestras postales de fairmail Perú  y  de fairmail india

Gracias

Atte. Juan Carlos flores cabellos

(Red. para mas informacion sobre Juan Carlos, para comprar sus postales o ver sus fotos, haga click aca)

Nuevo Video: A Fair Chance at life; our perspectives

jueves, junio 30th, 2011
New FairMail video

New FairMail video

In this latest video FairMail Peru photographer Elmer takes film makers Anna and Veronique back to the streets where he used to live and work.

The five minute video explains the hardships Elmer encountered in life when he was 8 years old, how he himself decided he wanted to make something of his life and how he grasped the opportunities FairMail gave him.

The video gives a great insight into the daily reality of some of FairMail’s teenage photographers. Thank you very much Anna Wilson and Veronica Hansen to for working with Elmer on this documentary.

Ingresos récord para fotógrafos de FairMail

martes, febrero 8th, 2011

Mientras que todo el mundo esta preocupado sobre la recuperación de la economía los fotógrafos de FairMail han obtenido ingresos récord en  2010!

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En total los 27 fotógrafos en Perú y la India ganaron 15.985 euro en 2010. Desde el principio de FairMail ahora el total de ingresos obtenido ha llegado a los 46.035 euro.

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elmer225El fotógrafo mas exitoso este ano ha sido Elmer Machuca Chacon del Perú con ganancias total de 1.756 euro. El es el fotógrafo mas exitoso de FairMail por el momento! En la India Kaushal y Anshu ambos ganaron bien con ganancias un poco mayor que 500 euro cada uno. No olvidas que los chicos ganan su dinero mientras que toman 5 horas de clases de fotografiá por semana gratis! Nada mal para ganar dinero mientras que estudias.

Si quieres saber cuanto cada chico gano se puede ver sus perfiles personales haciendo click aca.

Fotografo Juan Carlos regala una sonrisa a su familia

jueves, diciembre 16th, 2010

Over the last few months Juan Carlos from FairMail Peru sold a lot of his cards. He is saving up his earning to build an own hotel with restaurant where he wants to become the main cook. But on the short run he is not forgetting about his family. Even though he lived on the streets for a couple of years due to problems at home.

With his earnings he was able to help improve his parents house. With an epileptic mother and a father who often already spent his days earnings in the pub before getting home the house was not in a good shape. As you can see below it was built as cheap as possible with sun dried «adobe» bricks without any concrete structures. That works fine untill it starts raining or you get an earthquake.

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The house is now built up again with proper baked bricks and a concrete reinforced frame to hold the weight of the house.

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With the earnings of his Christmas cards Juan Carlos hopes to be able to put in proper glass windows too and a sturdy front door. As he says himself: «Never give up on your dreams and you will achieve them in the end!»

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Click here to send Juan Carlos a congratulations email. And you also get to see all his cards and best pictures, which of course can be ordered in FairMail’s webshop.

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Fotografa Cinthia construye su propia futuro

viernes, diciembre 10th, 2010

IMG_0015Good 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!)

Record earnings for FairMail teenagers in 2009!

viernes, diciembre 3rd, 2010

elmer200The year 2009 was another very lucrative year for the teenage photographers from FairMaiPeru and FairMail India. With their 50% of the profit from the sale of their pictures, their health care insurance and wage for the packing of the cards the 27 teenagers earned almost 10.000 euro in 2009. A new record!

Since the start of FairMail inJuly 2006 the teenagers have earned almost 28.000 euros together. Also in 2009 David was the photographer with the highest earnings. Since his 19th birthday last yearFebruary he no longer works for FairMail but as a heavy equipment operator in a mine (he financed his degree with FairMail earnings). But he keeps earning money from the sale of his phot’s he made while he was still working as FairMail photographer.

David’s number one rankingis being challenged though by young gun Elmer, also fromPe ru. Especially with his Christmas cards he has been very succesfull.

For an exact overview of the earnings per teenagers you can view their personal page on the FairMail website. For example click here to go to David’s page.

Mariaflor construye techo para casa de su familia

viernes, diciembre 3rd, 2010

mariaflor200Great news from Mariaflor who managed to improve her families house with a real door and a sturdy roof out of her earnings from the sale of her FairMail cards. Ever since a new pub opened its doors a few doors down the block the old door made of recycled bits of steel no longer offered the necessary protection from invading drunks. Together with her mother and FairMail Peru’s manager they went to the hard ware store to by the necessary materials and contract a handy man. Now the job is finished and visitors to Mariaflor’s house can sit in a roofed living room in stead of an open air space between three mud brick walls.

The best thing of all is that Mariaflor was able to provide a serious contribution to her family. She is often arguing with her mother’s new boy friend who says she is wasting her time with FairMail and she should go find a «real» job in stead of continue studying. Now Mariaflor has contributed more to the housing of then the «family chief» who spends a big part of his earning drinking beer. Yeah, girl power!

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1. maria flor’s mother opening her new door.

2. their old door

3. constructing their new roof

4. new roof installed!

Fotografa Maria flor empieza en la universidad

jueves, diciembre 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.

Fotografo Akaash duplica sus ganancias con propio negocio

miércoles, diciembre 1st, 2010

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Akaash’s dream is to improve the mechanic workplace he runs with his father so it can provide more income for his family. That’s why he had already invested part of his profit from the sale of his cards in spare parts and tools.

With the sale of his newest card he was able to buy an old motorcycle for 3.000 rs. akaash1300After a thorough maintenance job worth 2.000 rs he has already been able to sell it for 10.000 rs. So a very good investment that has made his dream come a bit closer.

akaash2300Akaash is one of the teenagers who likes to work with his hands and is not motivated to follow further education. You can’t really blame him after seeing what this has brought his brother and sister. Both have a university degree but no job and thus can’t support the family. Luckily Akaash does understand that to run a succesfull business he has to be able to read, write and do his maths. That’s why he, Anil and Sonu hired the services of a private tutor to learn at least the basics. The coming years FairMail will be following up on Akaash and guiding him to make his mechanic workplace a success.

Read more about how Akaash decided to get a tutor by clicking here.

Dos chicos de FairMail India regresan al colegio

miércoles, diciembre 1st, 2010

tuition150After 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.