“We are reaching a new frontier to serve those in desperate need in Haiti”—Ulrick Gaillard, BRA’s CEO ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – As part of its long-term objective to develop a permanent humanitarian intervention at Haiti’s border communities, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) dispatched from April 12th through the 19th a team of American dentists, faculty, students …
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut. – Ulrick Gaillard, founder and CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) will address on Saturday, April 18, 2009 an audience of academicians, public health experts, students, and international aid workers and executives at the Unite For Sight’s 6th annual Global Health Conference to be held at Yale University. Gaillard will present …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. – Since 2005, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) developed a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program delivering free healthcare, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and medicines to hundreds of children and adults infected/affected by HIV and AIDS inside the bateyes in the province of Monte Plata. The program is implemented in partnerships with the Clinton HIV/AIDS …
BROOKLYN, New York.- The New York State Department of Health—AIDS Institute (DOH) made a one-year grant of $10,000 to the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to carry out HIV/AIDS awareness and education targeting the immigrant populations living in the Brooklyn’s area of Flatbush. This is the third year BRA has received the funding through a Legislative …
NEW YORK. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is launching a multi-level, bi-national humanitarian mission trip from April 6th through the 24th to assess critical health and nutritional needs, deliver medical and nutritional assistance, and conduct deworming activities within the southeastern border regions of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. BRA’s CEO, Ulrick Gaillard said, “A …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. – Dr. Ruben Silie Valdez, the new Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Haiti, presented on March 4th, 2009 his diplomatic credentials to Haitian President Rene Preval who manifested “happiness” on Silie’s appointment. Ulrick Gaillard, BRA’s CEO added, “Ruben is a dear friend and a man of great character who has devoted years …
ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti, March 7, 2009. – Eleven years after its successful humanitarian intervention in sugarcane plantations bateyes of the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is now expanding its work into border regions of Haiti where socio-economic isolation has forced thousands to live under harsh conditions and in extreme poverty. On April 11th, BRA …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 2, 2009. – Batey Relief Alliance’s field organization—BRA Dominicana and United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) signed recently a letter of intent, as part of a regional initiative to manage facts and knowledge about famine and malnutrition affecting Latin American and Caribbean countries. BRA’s Executive Director, Maria Virtudes Berroa said …
