Creating Economic Prosperity in Rural Communities

05/08/23 • 33 min

What do you do if you live in a rural community where jobs are scarce? Is migration to a bigger city a sufficient solution? How can we develop local economies?

Today’s Better Hero is Sebastian Salinas, Founder and Executive Director at Balloon Latam. His goal is to work alongside rural community members to teach entrepreneurship and economic development.

Learn more about Sebastian and Balloon Latam here.

Learn more about EY Ripples and all of our impact entrepreneurs at www.ey.com/eyripples.

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What do you do if you live in a rural community where jobs are scarce? Is migration to a bigger city a sufficient solution? How can we develop local economies?

Today’s Better Hero is Sebastian Salinas, Founder and Executive Director at Balloon Latam. His goal is to work alongside rural community members to teach entrepreneurship and economic development.

Learn more about Sebastian and Balloon Latam here.

Learn more about EY Ripples and all of our impact entrepreneurs at www.ey.com/eyripples.

The views reflected in this podcast are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.

Subscribe to our podcast.

Rate and leave us a review.

Produced by Hueman Group Media.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today’s Better Hero is Neelam Chhiber, Co-Founder and Managing Trustee at Industree Foundation and Co-Founder and Managing Director at Mother Earth. Her goal is to support local artisans in achieving economic prosperity for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Learn more about Neelam Chhiber here.

Learn more about EY Ripples and all of our impact entrepreneurs at www.ey.com/eyripples.

The views reflected in this podcast are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.

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You can learn more about Édgar and EY here and about Unilever here. You can learn more about TRANSFORM here.

Learn more about EY Ripples and all of our impact entrepreneurs at www.ey.com/eyripples.

The views reflected in this podcast are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.

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Produced by Hueman Group Media.

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