In the last year and one-half, REI has sent 15 new staff overseas! All young, they represent the future of our work. With the continued...

“I want my students to take home more than English,” REI resident staff member Zonia Go said recently. Zonia is one of three REI staff...

Are you a teacher wanting to make a difference in an emerging nation? Do you know a teacher interested in taking on an overseas...

Happy New Year! REI celebrated the entrance of 2019 by sending a medical team (two teams, actually) to Hanoi in January who launched this...

Consider physical fitness. Is it better to train a few Olympic athletes, or to help a multitude of people raise their fitness level up a...

Knowledge and skills: something to hoard for one’s own personal benefit, or something to share for the benefit of others? We all...

The nation of Djibouti is at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, on the Gulf of Aden between the Red Sea and the Arabian...

“Generations come and generations go,” says an ancient book of wisdom. We here at REI are in a transitional phase of leadership, as Brian...

In the city of Cairo, an REI-sponsored doula is helping mothers raise healthy children, beginning with pregnancy. A trained doula helps...

Have you ever received a postcard or seen a friend’s posted photos of an internationally known site such as the Grand Canyon, or...

How can you share your professional skills overseas? REI sends short-term teams each year, but you may not have heard of REIzors Edge!...

“One of the things everyone liked best was the country reports. When someone working in Indonesia gets excited about what's happening in...

In the United States, apples rule. They are grown in all 50 states – red, green and golden, just waiting for us to take a bite. We eat...

Among our volunteer teams, our medical teams are arguably the largest and consequently bring the most impact. Among our medical teams,...

K. Douglas Erdmann has held a variety of positions. In the for-profit world he worked as a Systems Analyst at the United Technologies...

While REI is headquartered in the United States, our projects around the world often reflect a mix of nationalities working in...

“Where did you get that?” asked a Vietnamese friend of ours who works at one of our partner universities, as he stared at the medal...

We all thrill to the drama of rescue, be it a rescue of stranded and injured mountaineers, the Coast Guard coming to the aid of a sinking...

Rachel Pieh Jones has been volunteering with REI in Djibouti since 2004. Partnering with her husband Tom as he launches the International...

Hey, culture vultures! Rather than focus on REI-specific teams and activities this month, we are changing the pace to give you a larger...