Eric Czuleger
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Super, super interesting.
He would have, yeah.
He would have, yeah.
He would have, yeah.
Yeah. So so here's here's at least my take on it. And, you know, I I worked in with USAID in a very different capacity than him. And so I was a Peace Corps volunteer, which is technically under the State Department. Um, so, you know, I was, I was teaching English at an Albanian high school, uh, for two and a half years.
Yeah. So so here's here's at least my take on it. And, you know, I I worked in with USAID in a very different capacity than him. And so I was a Peace Corps volunteer, which is technically under the State Department. Um, so, you know, I was, I was teaching English at an Albanian high school, uh, for two and a half years.
Yeah. So so here's here's at least my take on it. And, you know, I I worked in with USAID in a very different capacity than him. And so I was a Peace Corps volunteer, which is technically under the State Department. Um, so, you know, I was, I was teaching English at an Albanian high school, uh, for two and a half years.
Um, and as a part of that, I got the opportunity to go out to village schools, really, really remote schools. Um, and, uh, you know, give English lessons out there sometimes. So, you know, there's, there's a lot of need out there. Uh, and I try and go do English classes as, as in as far field as I could. Yeah.
Um, and as a part of that, I got the opportunity to go out to village schools, really, really remote schools. Um, and, uh, you know, give English lessons out there sometimes. So, you know, there's, there's a lot of need out there. Uh, and I try and go do English classes as, as in as far field as I could. Yeah.
Um, and as a part of that, I got the opportunity to go out to village schools, really, really remote schools. Um, and, uh, you know, give English lessons out there sometimes. So, you know, there's, there's a lot of need out there. Uh, and I try and go do English classes as, as in as far field as I could. Yeah.
At a certain point, we had the ability to collaborate with a couple of the other NGOs and USAID and then some of these other funds like the German Development Fund, which is called GIZ, and UNICEF. And the idea was... Well, we're going to make a mobile library. And basically, we have a big van, got a bunch of books in the van.
At a certain point, we had the ability to collaborate with a couple of the other NGOs and USAID and then some of these other funds like the German Development Fund, which is called GIZ, and UNICEF. And the idea was... Well, we're going to make a mobile library. And basically, we have a big van, got a bunch of books in the van.
At a certain point, we had the ability to collaborate with a couple of the other NGOs and USAID and then some of these other funds like the German Development Fund, which is called GIZ, and UNICEF. And the idea was... Well, we're going to make a mobile library. And basically, we have a big van, got a bunch of books in the van.
We drive to one of the 42 villages of Tripoya every single day, try to hit two villages a day. And then like once a month, you know, you get an English lesson and a book. And, you know, we help villagers, right? This was my interaction with USAID. It was...
We drive to one of the 42 villages of Tripoya every single day, try to hit two villages a day. And then like once a month, you know, you get an English lesson and a book. And, you know, we help villagers, right? This was my interaction with USAID. It was...
We drive to one of the 42 villages of Tripoya every single day, try to hit two villages a day. And then like once a month, you know, you get an English lesson and a book. And, you know, we help villagers, right? This was my interaction with USAID. It was...
getting a couple dollars to put some books in a van and drive around to give books to kids right so when i meanwhile you're really making 100 grand a day what's that yeah i'm making 100 grand a day um i think uh you know what is the problem with with china um I think they're doing great. It's going to be really fun in the future. You're doing a great job. Thank you.
getting a couple dollars to put some books in a van and drive around to give books to kids right so when i meanwhile you're really making 100 grand a day what's that yeah i'm making 100 grand a day um i think uh you know what is the problem with with china um I think they're doing great. It's going to be really fun in the future. You're doing a great job. Thank you.
getting a couple dollars to put some books in a van and drive around to give books to kids right so when i meanwhile you're really making 100 grand a day what's that yeah i'm making 100 grand a day um i think uh you know what is the problem with with china um I think they're doing great. It's going to be really fun in the future. You're doing a great job. Thank you.
So my interaction with it was, we're giving books to kids. And we got some funding to make sure that that happened. And if you think that every single dollar that was going into USAID was these, like, malicious operations that are forcing governments to bend the will of the United States, it certainly wasn't my impression of working with USAID.