FairMail Peru has a new rising star in teenage photographer Yuli Silva Acuna. Just how did she do that? Well by taking some very succesfull pictures of STAR- fruits and STAR-flowers she sold more then 35.000 cards over the past 4 months, an absolute record for a FairMail teenager! Especially if you consider Yuli is only 16 years old!
Two of her pictures got selecte by a major Dutch retail chain for their Christmas cards, one for FairMail’s normal Christmas card set and two by a German distributor. How much money Yuli will be making with these sales will be known next week when the 50% profit over the third quarter is calculated. But here earnings so far are sure to double at least!
Yuli’s big dream at the moment is to study communication sciences at a private university in Trujillo, Peru. That seems interesting to her because she can keep learning about photography but also choose from other specialisations like business communication or graphic design. A 5 year study like that costs about 6.500 euro’s, so she is not quite there yet.
Yuli is one of the FairMail teenagers that live in El Milagro, the part of Trujillo right next to the huge garbage dump. Luckily she and her family aren’t working there anymore. Her father has a temporary contract in a mine about 8 hours away and can even invest in their house now. Her mother takes care of the home and tries to earn a few soles extra selling delicious „papa rellena’s“ and „ceviche“ in the weekends.
Read more about Yuli, send her an email, look at her pictures or order her cards by clicking here.
Fantastisch en erg bijzonder dat ik Yuli heb mogen bijstaan toen ze deze succesvolle foto’s schoot op de markt in Moyobamba!!! Ik ben echt supertrots op haar en hoop dat de kaarten voorlopig zo goed blijven verkopen!! FairMail, jullie zijn geweldig dat jullie deze dingen mogelijk maken!!
Groetjes Sylvie
Over the third quarter Yuli earned about 300 euro’s with the sales of her cards. Increasing her career earnings by „only“ 33%. Time is on her side to earn enough still.
Maybe 300 euro’s doesn’t seem much, but actually is it twice the local fairtrade liveable wage and three times more then Peruvian minimum wage. Considering Yuli only works for FairMail on average 10 hours per week.
Felicitaciones Yuli, que alegria que estes cosechando éxitos en Fairmail gracias a Jannika y Peter
saludos a tod@s