REI Corporate would like to welcome Ken Gray and David Lyons to its 2012 Board of Directors.

Across the United States, thousands of children have either returned or are returning to school. According to the most recent U.S. Census numbers, a projected fifty-six million students will be enrolled in the nations elementary through high schools (grades K-12) this fall.

Recognizing and tackling global inequalities in maternal and newborn mortality

Protecting the cultural diversity & historical value of world languages while promoting versus harnessing the power of progress.

Update about Justice Phomsouvanh's visit to the United States to partake in REI's Fellows Program

Remember Hieu? Last year, one REI volunteer family decided to love a little boy in Vietnam named Hieu and because of it, today, Hieu can walk. Watch Hieu's story.

Our REI-Vietnam team has put forth a real effort this year to capture the REI story in video. Take a few minutes to watch their video "What it Takes" and learn one practical way in which REI develops people in Vietnam: through training national healthcare professionals. REI-Vietnam's volunteer doctors and surgeons talk about how and why they train Vietnamese doctors. They are building Vietnamese people to build Vietnam.

Click this link to watch the video!

Our REI-Vietnam team has put forth a real effort this year to capture the REI story in video. Take a few minutes to watch their video about "Why They Build" to learn the philosophy that guides their development practices. They are building Vietnamese people to build Vietnam.

Click this link to watch the video!

For an update on Hieu's progress (the little boy we talked about in the last post), please follow this link to read an article about his first steps in Minneapolis.

Dr. Craig Johnson, a surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA and his daughter traveled to Vietnam last November with REI's Pediatric Team as volunteers. In a most remarkable "coincidence," on this trip Dr. Johnson met Dr. Nhat, the head of Orthopedics at Hue Central Hospital.

Dr. Nhat remembered Dr. Johnson from a special training program in the USA they both had received a couple of decades ago, and a budding friendship emerged. Soon Dr. Johnson became aware of a special case confronting Dr. Nhat – a young boy born without a left femur. This young boy made such an impression on Dr. Johnson and his teenage daughter that they returned to the USA determined to do something about the situation...

Have you ever picked up a magazine while waiting in the doctor’s office, just to pass the time? What about the magazines in the pocket on the seat in front of you on the airplane?

Generally, when you flip through, you find advertisements for the latest gadgets on sale now for $199.99 or maybe you’ll find an article written about a current celebrity’s love life or newest hairstyle, but not in Air Astana’s in-flight magazine.

This week on our blog, read one of Tengri's feature articles, which happens to highlight Resource Exchange International’s Kazakhstan English Language Theater group for their artistry and significance to the people of Almaty, Kazakhstan!