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!
by Cathy Guither, REI Field Staff and Director, International School of Djibouti
November 3, 2025
Strategically located to be an epic center for world trade, Djibouti is at the heart of international living. With eight military bases, 27 foreign embassies, and refugees from surrounding countries, Djibouti hosts a wide variety of nationalities. Though the official language is French, many converse in English because of international relations.
Given the diverse population concentrated in this small nation, the Djiboutian government has been working to provide high-quality, affordable, world-class English education. In 2016, through REI, the International School of Djibouti (ISD) was established as a pioneering institution for this vision. ISD now hosts over 17 different nationalities in a school that has a student population of 70-100 students . . .
People of emerging nations filled with hope
as their countries are developed and their lives transformed
East Java, Indonesia