Learn how REI builds people to build nations
We send long-term staff and short-term professionals
to train leaders in emerging countries so that they
can train others – building their nations and
bringing hope to future generations.
The work of REI is diverse in each emerging nation where we focus. Through education and medicine, business and agriculture, our highly skilled staff are training and developing others in nine locations in Asia and Africa.
As a non-profit, our organization and staff are financially supported by monthly and annual donations. Give today to be a part of building people to build nations!
REI staff and apprentices partner long-term in nine locations in Asia and Africa, and volunteers take annual short-term trips. If your professional goals for international development match ours, come with us!
Uzbekistan interns in front of Pike’s Peak at the Hideaway, our host location for the pre-field training: Micah, Katrina, Emma (l-r)
March 18, 2025
by Hannah Bernstein, Recruiter and Director of Staff Fundraising
For many a short-term trip is their first exposure to life outside of the United States. In fact, for summer 2025 approximately one third of our interns applied for their first passports and for others it will be their first time outside of North America. The internship experience is critical for developing a global mindset that will be carried with them far after their short-term service. An internship has the chance to change the trajectory of a younger person's life – if they let it . . .
People of emerging nations filled with hope
as their countries are developed and their lives transformed
East Java, Indonesia