Shamir Rancharan
Shamir Rancharan is an 18-year old student at Corozal Community College who hopes to graduate with an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration in June 2010. Shamir lives in a small aldea of Patchakan where he is a leader in a Catholic youth group and where he and several family members have established BRDP, the only café internet in the community which has become a gathering place for youth. Shamir would like to help coordinate youth-positive activities in the Free Zone between Belize and Mexico where he knows many youth participate in gang, drug, alcohol and sexual activities. In the future Shamir would like to learn more about human rights and manage an NGO in Belize helping to organize youth to advocate for their rights to SRH education. Shamir hopes that his participation in GOJoven will hone his leadership skills and learn about SRH issues.



