While based in the surfing village of Huanchaco for six weeks, we volunteered in Trujillo for a organization called Fairmail. Fairmail produces postcards and the kids produce the pictures for them. Each person in the program gets a cut of the postcards sold with their photo on them. Fairmail puts the money in a special account for each kid and dispenses it properly. Some kids help out their families and others buy surf boards. They are learning how to survive in a vicious world.

The job requirements were to be able to work for a minimum of 8 weeks and be fluent in Spanish. We had five weeks and I knew Gracias and Por Favor. In the end they needed a teacher and were willing to give us a shot. So, Jessie translated and played good cop and I devised lessons and pushed them to take better photos (bad cop.) There were eight kids that ranged in age from thirteen to sixteen. The older ones were obviously better and the younger ones lacked inspiration. So, we enphasized content in the photo, simple design, and getting out there and takeing lots of photos. I was very happy to see that after five weeks the youngsters were taking action and the older students were refining their skills. So, here is to the Fairmail kids and their great photos. All of these photos were taken by the kids of Fairmail in a 5 week period. Check ‘em out, help ‘em out.

Yomira





Elmer





Betty





Jorge





MariaFlor





Juan Carlos





Patricia





Juli





For more info on Fairmail go to http://www.fairmail.info/

To see more fairmail photos CLICK HERE.

Go to KnK Explore to check out all of our past blog posts about Fairmail.

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