Law Wha's Story, Karenni State, Myanmar
"Since I started attending this training...I have started to think about Karenni state and how to regain our basic rights, which we have lost.”
"Since I started attending this training...I have started to think about Karenni state and how to regain our basic rights, which we have lost.”
The REI gala held at the Conrad Tokyo on Friday, March 1 was a huge success for REI. Thanks to the 150+ guests that attended, our generous sponsors and donors, the event raised ¥9.6 million! The funds will provide a “hand-up” to displaced communities that have been forgotten by many: directly benefitting up to 1,500 […]
Imelda received a resettlement kit that benefited her family as well as extending support to her neighbors.
The REI team visit in August 2023 to projects we support on the Thai-Myanmar border yet again introduced us to people who have been empowered through the project activities and now have a role in the community. The projects we support there have gone from strength to strength over the years and this energy comes […]
From 26 August to 3 September 2023 an REI team of Jane Best, Yasuko Elison and Gavin Dixon visited three projects funded by REI on the Thai-Myanmar border. One of these projects is the Health Training for new mothers in Karen state, Myanmar and we met the hard-working, brave Karen women who take great risks to […]
I was so happy to see this change in his life, and now we could build a new future together. The ripple of REI funding reaches well into the community, as the wife of a beneficiary in the addiction rehabilitation program explains below. Many refugees who have been living in camps for a long time turn to alcohol and drugs as a means to escape from the despair that they experience.
We are proud of the various corporate partners we collaborate with. Like many organisations we believe in sustainability and this does not just apply to the projects we support abut also when starting new partnerships with companies.
REI supports projects that contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality Education.
Creating a spark in the youth of Japan! Let's reach more schools.
James Nepaulsingh's support to REI highlights how personal projects can have an impact on the work of REI.