21 August, 2010
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) was invited to exhibit its humanitarian work during a three-day event blitz —called Expo Monte Plata 2010—from August 13-15, organized by the Senatorial office of Charlie Mariotti promoting the province of Monte Plata’s rich agricultural, cultural and eco-touristic values.
More than 25,000 attended the event and visited the BRA’s giant stand that displayed large posters and photographs of farmers, tractors and trucks engaging in the development of agriculture and community infrastructures inside seven agricultural batey rural communities.
The BRA-USDA agricultural initiative, in its first year, is exemplary as it created a cooperative with 7,000 new members to work closely with 700 farmers to work 1500 acres of fertile land to produce food security and economic self-sufficiency for 35,000 people.
Hundreds of brochures, pamphlets, and small gifts were distributed to visitors – and BRA’s personnel (agricultural specialists and health promoters) was also available to educate the public about the agricultural project and how it fits within the province’s New Millennium Plan to fight hunger and poverty by fortifying agriculture development inside impoverished communities.
