NEW YORK. – At the annual board of directors’ meeting of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) held on June 27th, Dr. Thomas Peter Beague was voted unanimously by the seven-member body as the organization’s new President. He will occupy the position for two years from 2010 through 2012. “I am truly honored to be part …
PIANTINI, Santo Domingo, D.R. – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) donated $2 million to the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to improve agricultural training, production and marketing, and planning more profitable crops inside Dominican Republic’s agricultural batey communities. BRA’s international assistance grant falls under the USDA’s Food for Progress Program and supports agricultural and …
Greetings! Many of us still recall vividly the horrific images of children, women, men and the elderly trapped under the rubbles of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 that killed more than 300,000; left more than 1 million homeless, hungry, and sick; and left the impoverished country completely in ruin. We can also remember …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – As part of a new Development Grant Program (DGP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Republic of Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) received more than $400,000 to develop a Women’s Empowerment Program in the South-East Department, Capital of Jacmel, and District of Belle Anse, covering …
MONTE PLATA, D.R. – As part of its Blindness Prevention program in the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is partnering with the Student Volunteer Optometrists for Service of Humanity (SVOSH) of the New England College of Optometry to bring 22 students and faculty to deliver critical eye care and fee eye glasses to …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – The offices of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) announced yesterday the launching of a new program of collaboration with its regional partner, Population Services International, in the Southeast border region of the Republic of Haiti. This program of health crisis promotion and prevention carries out educational activities that promote healthy habits among …
Anse-a-Pitres, HAITI. – As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from the United States to far-reached earthquake-affected border commune of Anse-a-Pitres to deliver much needed dental and medical care to children and their families …
Since the mega earthquake it Haiti on January 12th, killing more than 250,000, BRA responded swiftly by sponsoring four medical mission trips with more than 100 volunteer medical and relief aid personnel from the US, Haiti and the Dominican Republic delivering critical medical care, psychological aid, and essential medicine and medical supplies to thousands of …
