Living Life with Locals to Bring Hope By Scarlett Patton, Associate Country Leader, Mongolia The summer months are ending as September...

by S. E. Vidrio, Field Staff, Uzbekistan International development work is an interesting field. Some choose it based on a passion for a...

by Randy Vernon, Country Leader, Uzbekistan You may recall that Samarkand was on the travel bucket list of George Bailey, hero of the...

By Rachel Jones, Associate Country Leader, Djibouti A few years ago, Marie Kondo’s organizing principle of touching everything in your...

By Karen Flowers, Country Leader, Egypt Creative Art Connection was founded as a part of Birth Guardians Egypt. The purpose is to bring...

by Maryellen Morgan, Director of Recruiting, REI HQ “How do you recruit Gen Z?” This is a question I’m asked frequently, not only as a...

By Wendy Moore, Director of Communications & Foundation Relations, REI HQ REI staff are people who enjoy cross cultural work, which is...

By K. Douglas Erdmann, President and CEO What country has the world’s most widely accepted passport? If you guessed Singapore, you were...

James Kang, Country Leader, Vietnam I often get this question: “In Vietnam, REI has been partnering with various medical and business...

Paul Yankey, Chief Advancement Officer, REI HQ As REI grows, so does our need for resources to support that growth. We’re excited to let...

Tom Jones, Country Leader, Djibouti Doing world-class education with refugees is never easy. One of the big issues we face in maintaining...

By Jake Fettig, Field Staff, Indonesia The plane was passing over Iceland when Amber turned to me and asked, “What should we say if...

Jeanine Wiley, Associate Regional Director, Central Asia While the pandemic separated people from each other all over the world, in one...

Terry McHugh, REI board member & short-term business team leader Have you ever been invited to a great opportunity at the wrong time? I...

Ann Munson, Associate Country Leader, Laos Good Friday 2022 was a day to remember. We received an eye-opening email from Patsy Kent...

By Tracy Pickett, Staff Care Specialist, REI HQ Living in Cameroon, West Africa, was a dream-come-true: new culture, stimulating...

By Scarlett Patton, Associate Country Leader, Mongolia At Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences in Darkhan, Mongolia,...

Maryellen Morgan, Director of Recruiting, REI HQ As I approached college graduation, I thought about the concept of calling. Most of my...

By Karen Flowers, Country Leader, Egypt In Egypt the C-Section rate has reached the highest in the world at 80%. The Minister of Health,...

By Katie Nicholson, Associate Country Leader, Indonesia “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step,” Lao Zi. I have...