"building people to build nations"
Some of the REI Indonesia team in front of the new dehydrator designed by a REI apprentice, built by locals, final assembly overseen by another REI apprentice
We send long-term staff and short-term professionals
to train leaders in emerging nations so that they
can train others - building their nations and
bringing hope to future generations.
The work of REI is diverse in each emerging nation where we focus. Through education and medicine, business and agriculture, our highly skilled staff are training and developing others in six locations in Asia and Africa.
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REI staff and apprentices partner long-term in six locations in Asia and Africa, and volunteers take annual short-term trips. If your professional goals for international development match ours, come with us!
February 6, 2023
by Ann Munson, Associate Country Leader, Laos
Good Friday 2022 was a day to remember. We received an eye-opening email from Patsy Kent asking if we would consider returning to Laos for a few years. We had served with REI there before, starting in 2008 and coming home in 2012. At that time Craig and Patsy Kent were serving as REI country leaders for Laos.
Now, here we are, back in the Vientiane capitol . . .
"People of emerging nations filled with hope
as their countries are developed and their lives transformed"
East Java, Indonesia