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Louis-henri Mars

Louis-henri Mars

Aug 14, 2026

14:28
But I was wondering if you could talk about how maybe the view of the private sector of these communities has changed over time, because clearly it's not particularly easy to run a business or a factory or something like that in a place where there's bullets flying all the time.
14:44
Well, you know, since 2006, 2007, when I started working in these neighborhoods and creating that organization back in 2012, I have been trying and saying to the private sector that they cannot be visitors in the neighborhood.
15:05
that they come in, they work there, they make their money there, then they go out and they don't care about the community that they live in for a good eight, nine, 10, 12 hours a day, six days a week, okay? And so their perception of their presence in the community had to change.
15:29
They had to become part of the community and not just people who came out from somewhere else to come and work and make money in the community.
15:43
And unfortunately, it's been a tough sell.
15:47
And things started to change, I think, somewhere around 2010 with the earthquake, because the earthquake killed whether you were poor or rich, whether you're a businessman, you're from the private sector, or you're a small time business person selling mangoes in the corner.
16:07
in a corner stall.

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30:17
And that doesn't seem to be working out very well to me, if I may be honest.

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