MONTE PLATA, D.R. – Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) and Direct Relief International (DRI) agree to collaborate in a 2012 Hurricane Preparedness Module Program, which would pre-position for BRA critically-needed medicines and medical supplies in order to enable the immediate treatment of vulnerable populations in the event a hurricane or other natural or civil disaster should …
NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 – Early in April, Ulrick Gaillard, founder/CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) was invited to join the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) – a program of the United Nations Foundation with a membership of more than 12,000 active members in over 120 chapters and …
ANSE-A-APITRES, Haiti. – As a part of Batey Relief Alliance’s USAID-funded holistic approach to sustainable community development, the organization recognizes the importance of economic intervention and empowerment of local and small-scale women workforce. BRA and its main local partner, Fonkoze (Haiti’s largest, most innovative microfinance institution, committed to alleviating poverty through microfinance and education) have …
BATEY CINCO CASAS, Monte Plata province, D.R.- During a General Assembly held on February 25, 2012, hundreds of members from the BRAteyana Agricultural Cooperative gathered to vote on a new managing board and hear the cooperative’s operating plan for the calendar year 2012-13. The BRAteyana—the first major agricultural cooperative of its kind inside the Dominican’s …
THIOTTE, Haiti. – Since 2010, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) committed to organizing women’s groups in the Southeast border regions and helping them to identify and address issues of concern to local, regional and national elected representatives. Through a three-year USAID-funded Development Grants—Women Empowerment project, BRA facilitates more than 800 women with skills training and …
BATEY CINCO CASAS, Monte Plata. – Batey Relief Alliance / BRA Dominicana implemented the “Youth in Development” project, through which, it collaborated with the local Peace Corps to take actions to build the capacity of young people through sports, technical/employment kills training, and preventive health crisis education. Five Peace Corps volunteers were involved in selecting …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. – A team of 14 students and faculty from departments of Economics and International Business and Marketing at Marquette University’s Global Business Learning will travel to the Dominican Republic from March 11-18 to provide technical assistance and set up training workshops in a partnership effort to help the Batey Relief Alliance …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. – As part of its Blindness Prevention program, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is joining forces with student chapter of the Volunteer Optometric for Services of Humanity (VOSH) to deliver free critical eye care and glasses to 1500 children and adults with eye problems, in need of a pair of glasses, …
