The story of Marceline Limane, founder of FAVAT (Famn Vanyan Nan Tichal) Marceline Limane is no stranger to poverty and hunger. As a single mother of five children, she knows the pain of not having enough to provide for her own family. She now heads an organization called FAVAT (Famn Vanyan Nan Tichal) in Bony, …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti, August 3, 2011. – As tropical storm Emily is heading for Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is prepared for possible heavy rains and flash floods that could be severely damaging to both countries. In collaboration with US-based NGO, Direct Relief International (DRI) and USAID/Food for Peace/IFRP, BRA has …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. July 11, 2011. – Following the mega earthquake that destroyed many parts of Haiti on January 12, 2010, a deadly cholera epidemic followed and the number of cases and deaths continue to rise uncontrollably. A recent report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) suggests that there have been 324,299 cases of cholera …
New York, N.Y. – On Monday, July 25, Batey Relief Alliance’s founder and CEO, Ulrick Gaillard begins a visit to Haiti. The 2-day trip is to participate in a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)-Haiti Action Network’s meeting. Last January, Gaillard became a member of the CGI—a community of international leaders committed to identifying groundbreaking solutions that …
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has joined efforts with the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) for the fourth time to distribute, over a period of twelve months, 187.6 metric tons (more than 9 million rations) of Breedlove dehydrated lentil blend food product. The beneficiaries will be 25,600 food insecure and …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – Funded by the Development Grants Program/United States Agency for International Development (DGP/USAID), the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) implements a three-year Women’s Empowerment project that identifies and organizes 30 local women organizations in training of 600 women around issues of gender inequity, health, food insecurity, domestic violence and extreme poverty. “The project aims …
NEW YORK. – After an initial letter of invitation from the office of President Clinton in January to join the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Ulrick Gaillard, founder/CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is now a full member of the CGI—a community of international leaders committed to identifying groundbreaking solutions that reduce poverty, improve the …
NEW YORK. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) announces a new collaboration with the Florida-based Food for the Poor (FFTP) to receive, customs-clear, store and distribute free of charge donated medicines and basic medical supplies to economically-disadvantaged patients receiving critical health services at BRA’s clinics in DR’s batey Cinco Casas in the province of Monte …
