Luis Fernando Sanabria has over 30 years of experience working at Fundación Paraguaya (FP) in institution building, microfinance, and social development. He oversees the operations of all FP programs by leading a team of 500 people to implement poverty elimination programs, entrepreneurial education and self-sustainable schools both in Paraguay and in the other countries. He also exerts direct supervision to the office in Tanzania and programs in countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia where FP works.
He regularly participates in major international events such as the Microcredit Summit, the Skoll Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, FOROMIC, Accion International Network and Junior Achievement Network Meetings at which he has given lectures and presentations on FP achievements.
In a joint FP-Avina Foundation endeavor Luis Fernando developed the Organizational Development System (SEDO) to evaluate development entities governability and financial capacity. He is the founder and first President of the Association of Civil Society Organizations of Paraguay.
In the public sector he led the Municipality of Asuncion’s Tax Reorganization Program from 1997 to 2001 that enabled doubling the annual income of the city. He also headed the Office of Internal Administration of the City, managing an annual budget of US$ 60 million.
During 2012-2013 he served as advisor to the Social Cabinet of the President of Paraguay for the development of the plan Public-Private Partnership for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty (APEX).
Under his leadership, FP has received numerous awards: World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Prize (2009), GDN/ Japanese Ministry of Finance prize for Most Innovative Development Project (2009), Nestlé Shared Value Prize (2012), and Juscelino Kubitschek “VISIONARIES” Award (2018). ILO Good Practice in Youth Employment (2014). SPTF/Truelift completed a Microfinance, Social Performance Assessment assigning FP a grade of "Leader Milestone" achieving the highest overall score (2016).
Clean Water • Economic Opportunity • Education • Environmental Sustainability • Financial Services • Health • Livelihoods • Living Conditions • Sanitation • Secondary Education • Smallholder Productivity • Sustainable Markets • Women's and Girls' Education • Youth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, North America, South America
