By Tim Moore, Director of Short-Term Teams & Exchange Fellows For more than two years REI hasn’t hosted J-1 Exchange Fellows or sent...

By Wendy Moore, Director of Communications & Foundation Relations, REI HQ “It was such a gift to be invited as a summer intern, to hear...

By James Kang, Country Leader, Vietnam After working with REI in our Hanoi, Vietnam office, we say “farewell” to Mr. Toan who left at the...

By Patsy Kent, Associate Country Leader, Laos The REI Lao team works primarily within the medical community in Vientiane, the capital...

By Tom Jones, Country Leader, Djibouti At REI we look to have a broad impact in communities. Sometimes our influence seems small in...

by K. Douglas Erdmann, President & CEO, REI In April we let you know about two new countries REI is opening … Uzbekistan and Mongolia. ...

By Dr. Ron Wiley, Central Asia Director, Uzbekistan Samarkand . . . even the name evokes images of the exotic and mysterious. The capital...

By Scarlett Patton, Associate Country Leader, Mongolia 1. The “Land of the Eternal Blue Sky” boasts over 250 sunny days a year. It’s...

By Karen Flowers, Country Leader, Egypt I’ve helped train doctors and nurses here in Egypt, Spain and Dubai, and I can tell you it is...

by Katie Nicholson, Associate Country Leader, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Expansion: An expanded, dilated, or enlarged portion or form...

By James Kang, Country Leader, Vietnam My first trip to Hanoi, as part of a REI short-term team, was spring 2008. It was my first time in...

By Rachel Jones, REI Field Staff, Djibouti An open door in the village we are helping. In October REI in Djibouti had an opportunity to...

By Patsy Kent, Associate Country Leader, Laos Surgeons and residents interact discussing patients’ cases “Listen to what happened today,”...

By Ron Wiley, Country Leader, Central Asia Safely back at last with the Colorado Wiley clan Dr. Ron and Jeanine Wiley wrapped up their...

James Kang and his wife Janet. James is our new Vietnam Director! Resource Exchange International is pleased to announce that James Kang,...

One of my greatest joys and truly the focus of all that I do is in creating an environment where a soon-to-be-father recognizes his new role

The 1992 survey trip to Vietnam that birthed REI. Roderick Beidler (2nd from right), Doug Sparks, REI's founder (3rd from right), Ms....

by Katie Nicholson, Associate Country Leader, Indonesia (l-r, front) Tori and Brooke (l-r, back) Andrew, Levi and Royce standing in front...

One of our staff, Alyssa (née Meyer) Lai recently took a significant step beyond the norm, though, when she married Thang Lai.

Rylee Marchbanks has already helped REI’s work in Djibouti. When REI staff get into relationships around the world, we expect good things...