To the editor: My father, Charles Inexperienced, lived in Malibu from 1985 till his loss of life at age 93 in 2011. For greater than 20 years previous to shifting to Malibu, he lived abroad working for United States Company for Worldwide Improvement, or USAID. (“Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim,” Opinion, Feb. 7)
He served in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Vietnam, Indonesia and Liberia. In these international locations he supplied skilled growth for lecturers and academic directors, constructed new colleges, modernized curriculum, introduced studying to rural areas by radio lessons and established neighborhood faculties in order that extra college students would have entry to increased training.
Staff like him are who make up what Elon Musk known as a “prison” group.
I perceive that most individuals gained’t know what we’re dropping if USAID stays shuttered, however right here is only a small record: applications to enhance academic outcomes and entry, medical therapy, vaccine supply, illness prevention and containment, and meals and shelter for these displaced by warfare or pure disasters.
Along with being heartsick to see the vilification of a company my dad helped construct, we must also not lose sight of how destroying USAID can also be shredding our Structure. We are able to’t let unelected billionaires take away the facility of Congress.
Marilyn Inexperienced, Malibu
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To the editor: I’ve lived and labored within the growing world and seen firsthand the advantages of American overseas support equipped by USAID.
I used to be a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad and Malawi. Once I was a child within the Sixties, my father taught on the Polytechnic of the College of Malawi, which was constructed and staffed partly by USAID.
I’ve now seen our beneficiant nation change into merciless and misguided. It’s a unhappy factor to see.
Fred Barker, Burbank
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To the editor: I can not unsee a current televised newsclip of Musk proudly toting one among his youngsters on his shoulders as he strides by the halls of our nation’s Capitol.
However together with his unlawful and shameful try to shut down USAID, Musk now carries on his shoulders the disease-ridden and ravenous, skeletal our bodies of youngsters all over the world.
How proud are you now, Mr. Musk? And the way proud will your youngsters be of you after they notice the diploma of cruelty of which you might be succesful?
Mary Proteau, Los Angeles
