Luis Miranda

Luis Miranda graduated from the Veterinary department in December of 2011, and since then he has been working in Villa Unificada in the Municipal Office of the Alto Beni as project coordinator. He successfully set up a business with his family with funds from FONADAL, the European aid agency. To help farmers struggling to manage their grants, the mayor hired him to help other farmers organize their businesses financed through FONADAL.

Recently he started working as a consultant on the side for the Fondo Indígena, a government-run fund for rural development. "Rural development depends on rural people starting and managing businesses," he explains. "But most farmers lack the skills to do that. My job is to help them get started, and help them along the way." And that is why we are here: to give people the skills to help themselves. 

Photo: Luis poses next to the vet office on campus during his visit to the College today.