SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, August 15, 2009. —The Batey Relief Alliance is launching this month a third year of food aid—distributing 75 metric tons of food products in the Dominican Republic, with the financial and technical assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This program, under the USAID’s Food for Peace-International Food …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. – The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) along with the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) inaugurated this past July two new water systems inside sugarcane bateyes El Bosque Arriba and La Cerca in the province of Monte Plata. The water systems were built by BRA and generously financed by …
SANTO DOMINGO, August 6, 2009. – During a brief visit in the Dominican Republic to hold a conference at the largest Dominican University (USAD) and an art exhibition at the Ajoupa Gallery, Frank Etienne—a Nobel Prize candidate, who is also a poet, musician and painter, met privately with Ulrick Gaillard, BRA’s CEO to discuss the …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) was invited to exhibit its work during a three-day event—Expo Monte Plata 2009—from August 1-3, organized by the Province of Monte Plata promoting its rich agricultural, cultural and eco-touristic values. Thousands visited the organization’s stand where hundreds of brochures, pamphlets, and small gifts were …
The Batey Relief Alliance’s Medical Center is a one-of-a-kind international health care facility located in the Dominican Republic, dedicated to improving the lives of poor and vulnerable children living inside sugarcane plantations communities known as Bateyes, by providing Pediatric and Child Health Care and HIV/AIDS treatment and antiretroviral therapy. Children up to the age of …
BROOKLYN. – On June 9th, Batey Relief Alliance’s CEO, Ulrick Gaillard attended an award ceremony organized by students from the W.E.B. Du Bois High School where he received a check for $250 to help the humanitarian work of his organization. “It is not the check or an amount that matters, but rather the spirit behind …
NEW YORK. – Key faculty in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) at Indiana University Bloomington met on Thursday, June 4th with representatives of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to discuss how they will can together to boost public health resources in communities in the Dominican Republic. BRA’s CEO Ulrick Gaillard and …
NEW YORK, May 18th. – Bill Clinton, former president of the United States, has been named United Nations’ Special Envoy to Haiti to help rebuild the impoverished nation post numerous natural disasters and food shortages that have brought the population further to a state of extreme poverty. Clinton told The Miami Herald in a statement, …
