by Andy Petersen, Director of Advancement, REI HQ I am a firm believer in the old adage, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day;...

Dr. Austin Raunikar is a pediatric cardiologist from Greenville, South Carolina, working at Pristine Health. He has partnered with REI...

This spring REI hosted our first exchange fellow for 2025, Dr. Dung Dao, who was in the US from April 2-24, 2025. He was hosted in...

by Randy Bruins, Field Staff, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Business Team leaving leaving Almaty and heading to Oskemen: (l-r) Ron and Jeanine...

by Shanika Musser, Field Staff, Indonesia   Bees and Degrees A former senior official at a well-known local university recently shared a...

by James Kang, Country Leader, Vietnam   I wasn't sure how to title this. Kathie Cowie is one of REI’s longest-serving volunteers to...

by Hannah Bernstein, Recruiter and Director of Staff Fundraising Each year REI sends student intern teams to support the ongoing work of...

by Randy Vernon, Country Leader, Uzbekistan   Frosty the Snowman, that is. He probably never envisioned being part of building people to...

by Jim Lewis, recently retired Senior Account Representative at Oracle and Short-Term Professional Team Volunteer Fall 2024 journey to...

An interview with Liên Hà, Supervising Midwife, Hanoi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital and REI Exchange Fellow How did you first get to...

by Kathryn Cleveland, Short-Term Professional Business Team Volunteer   “Where on earth is Kazakhstan?” was people’s first response....

by Cathy Guither, Director of the International School of Djibouti   Djibouti is a land full of culture with many nationalities coming...

by K. Douglas Erdmann, President & CEO   Once every two years? Due to the logistics and expense involved with gathering staff from around...

by David A. Staff, REI Director of Field Staff Care The current decade (2021-2030) has produced a post-COVID-19 world. Quarantines have...

by Jake Fettig, Country Leader, Indonesia On the REI homepage you’ll read that “we send long-term staff and short-term professionals” to...

by Paul Yankey, Chief Advancement Officer, REI HQ   As we look back on recent months, I’m struck by the steadfastness of our supporters...

by Karen Flowers, Country Leader, Egypt   Karen is a certified doula and natural childbirth educator. She continues to grow her influence...

By Dr. Laura Bishop, OB-GYN physician and vice president of medical staff, Baptist Women's and Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee,...

REI’s Central Asia Regional Leader, Ron Wiley, PhD , took some time to answer our questions about the strategy behind bringing in...

by K. Douglas Erdmann, President/CEO, REI HQ   He seemed tired. Almost sluggish. James Ong, our new REI Singapore Director, and I were...