SANTO DOMINGO, D.R., April 1, 20156.- As part of its Blindness Prevention program, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) joins forces with the Student Volunteer Optometrists for Service of Humanity of the New England College of Optometry (SVOSH-NECO) to bring to the Dominican Republic a group of 25 students, faculty and ophthalmologists to deliver critical eye …
SANTO DOMINGO. – On August 28, 2015, the Dominican government, through the Municipal District of Don Juan, Monte Plata province, passed a resolution unanimously naming a new street after the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA)—“Calle Batey Relief Alliance (BRA)”. Members of the voting and signatory District board acknowledged that the gesture is in recognition of the …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – As a result of the application of a 2014 Dominican Republic’s immigration law, hundreds of thousands of undocumented Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants living in the country are now at risk of being deported to Haiti. “The situation has produced panic and fear among many who have gone …
NEW YORK. – Founded on October 23, 1997 in the state of New York as a non-profit, non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is committed to addressing the socio-economic and health needs of children and their families severely affected by extreme poverty, disease and hunger in the Americas and the Caribbean. Since …
SANTO DOMINGO. – On August 28, 2015, the Dominican government, through the Municipal District of Don Juan, Monte Plata province, passed a resolution unanimously naming a new street after the Batey Relief Alliance—“Calle Batey Relief Alliance (BRA)”. Members of the voting and signatory District board acknowledged that the gesture is in recognition of the organization’s …
P & G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program and BRA began distributing clean drinking water packets combined with personal care and household cleaning products aimed at reducing hygiene and skin-related illnesses among 69,440 people living in vulnerable and impoverished sugarcane plantation rural communities known as bateyes in Monte Plata province. MONTE PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, …
BROOKLYN, New York, July 6, 2015. – Batey Relief Alliance’s founder and CEO, Ulrick Gaillard and Deputy Executive Director, Lauren W. Ojha will participate in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Week of Action to be held in New York from July 9-17, 2015. The event will bring cross-sector leaders together to join in a range …
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 …
