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!
February 19, 2025
by Kathryn Cleveland, Short-Term Professional Team Volunteer
“Where on earth is Kazakhstan?” was people’s first response.
After years of procrastination, roadblocks and a global pandemic, I was planning my trip to Central Asia. Ron and Jeanine Wiley, my dear friends from college days were hosting me. I was looking forward to hiking, riding horseback across the steppes and sleeping in a yurt. Then Ron said he was preparing for a cohort to speak at the Kazakhstan American Free University (KAFU) in Oskamen, Kazakhstan. “Would I be interested?” . . .
People of emerging nations filled with hope
as their countries are developed and their lives transformed
East Java, Indonesia