26 June, 2015
BROOKLYN, NY, June 26, 2015. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA), under its Disaster Relief Program, announces a joint humanitarian effort with the California-based partner NGO, Direct Relief (DR) to launch a collaborative Disaster Preparedness Initiative in order to respond to the immediate needs of people victims of disasters on the island of Hispaniola—home of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The objective is to improve the availability of pharmaceuticals and other disaster relief materials in response to emergencies.
The Typhoon Preparedness Module Program, which is in effect from June 2015 through May 2016, will proactively pre-position BRA to deliver medications, medical supplies, clean drinking water packets, micronutrients and nutrition in order to facilitate the immediate treatment of vulnerable populations in the event that a hurricane or other natural or civil disaster strikes the Dominican Republic. BRA will also collaborate with the local authorities and other interested parties to extend assistance to people who are being deported to Haiti under the new Dominican Immigration Law
Through various sustainable programs, BRA provides desperately needed medical and HIV/AIDS care, clean drinking water, nutrition, medicines and micronutrients and Antiparasitic drugs to more than 100,000 people each year living in highly vulnerable communities in the Dominican Republic, particularly those with children who are severely affected by extreme poverty, disease and hunger inside the country’s sugar cane plantation rural communities known as “bateyes.”
The effort will provide assistance to all people in need, irrespective of political affiliation, religious beliefs, ethnic identity, nationality, or ability to pay for services.
