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

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

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

By Randy Bruins, Field Staff, Kazakhstan With borders stretching from Russia to China to the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan is the world’s 9th...

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

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

REI’s Central Asia Directors, Dr. Ron and Jeanine Wiley, have been granted special permission to return to Kazakhstan in January.

With nearly 30 years of history in Central Asia, REI resident team members are once again building together with local partners in the area.

Ron & Jeanine Wiley enthusiastically return to Central Asia to continue the process of “building people to build nations."