BROOKLYN, New York, January 8, 2014. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) received a grant of $10,000.00 from The Marvin and Sylvia Rubin Family Foundation to support its new maternal-child project in Peru. Through a 2013 Commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)—Improving Malnutrition and Maternal Health in Lima—starting January 2014, BRA will scale up …
MONTE PLATA. – In October, the Canadian-born actor/director and former superstar TV show Beverly Hills 90210, Jason Priestley, travelled to the Dominican Republic with the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to deliver water purifier sachets to children and their families in need in the bateyes and see firsthand how clean drinking water changes lives. “We had …
MONTE PLATA. – For the past nine years, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) has partnered with the New England College of Optometry (NECO) from Boston, to conduct annual optometry operatives to benefit thousands of children and their families living impoverished and vulnerable communities throughout the Dominican Republic, who otherwise go without access to such preventive …
NEW YORK. – Batey Relief Alliance’s founder/CEO, Ulrick Gaillard, has been invited by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to participate in the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Latin America Meeting from December 8 – 10, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the CGI Latin America meeting, President Clinton will join regional and global leaders …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The government of the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) launched in September a Food Aid Program at a cost of $566,021.00, through which, 150 metric tons of Breedlove dehydrated food will be distributed to over 20,700 people in …
Dr. Ulrick Gaillard Community Complex MONTE PLATA, D.R. (October 30, 2013) – During a ceremony to celebrate the Batey Relief Alliance’s 16th anniversary (October 23, 2013) at Batey Cinco Casas, the organization’s Dominican-based subsidiary, BRA Dominicana Executive Director, Maria Virtudes Berroa, accompanied by other staff members, unveiled the new facility built by the organization in …
SANTO DOMINGO, D.R. (October 28, 2013) – A delegation from the Batey Relief Alliance’s Board of Directors and executive team met yesterday with Dominican Republic’s First Lady, Mrs. Candida Montilla de Sanchez. Present were Ulrick Gaillard, BRA’s founder and CEO, Nexcy D’Leon, President, Togarma Rodriguez, Secretary, Edilgardo Pena, Treasurer, Maria Virtudes Berroa, Executive Director and …
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 socio-economic and health needs of children and their families severely affected by extreme poverty, disease and hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean. For the …
