BATEY CINCO CASAS, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic – In partnership with the Rotary Club Mirador in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) launched in December a new water project called “Saving Lives with Purified Water.” “The title of this project is no exaggeration, as in the bateyes, access to clean water …
BATEY COJOBAL, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic – On January 23rd 2007, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) organized a full day of learning and fun for twenty-two children who are HIV-positive or live with a family member who has the virus. The children live in impoverished bateyes in the province of Monte Plata where basic …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Haitian-born superstar, Emeline Michel, traveled to the Dominican Republic on March 1 on a three-day personal journey to the bateyes where more than 200,000 of her compatriots and their descendants live. Ms. Michel was welcomed and hosted by the humanitarian aid organization, the Batey Relief Alliance—BRA Dominicana. The artist traveled to the …
