ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – Haiti’s Health Minister, Dr. Robert Auguste, ended on Saturday, March 30th in the Southeastern impoverished border locality of Anse-a-Pitres, a series of meetings with board members and strategic partners of the Batey Relief Alliance and BRA Dominicana—as part of a three-day visit to the Dominican Republic searching for ways to enhance healthcare …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – At the invitation of the Batey Relief Alliance, a high level government delegation from the Republic of Haiti, headed by the country’s Health Minister, Dr. Robert Auguste will visit the Dominican Republic from March 27-29. The purpose for the trip is to provide the officials with a close-up view of …
WATERTOWN, Connecticut. – The prestigious Connecticut-based Taft School’s main auditorium was fully packed with more than 600 students, faculty, and other guests coming to hear a lecture delivered by the Batey Relief Alliance’s founder/CEO, Ulrick Gaillard. The event took place on Thursday, February 28, at 10:00am. Gaillard spoke about the ten-year work history of the …
BATEY CINCO CASAS, Dominican Republic. – On February 8th, 30 families living inside bateyes Cinco Casas and Cojobal in the province of Monte Plata received 30 bio-sand water filters through the funding and technical support of the Rotary Club of New York and the Rotary Club Arroyo Hondo Santo Domingo. The project will benefit 740 …
Monte Plata, Dominican Republic – January 30, 2008. – Hundreds of people gathered in the municipality of Monte Plata to celebrate the opening of the “National Year for Health Promotion,” during which a ceremony and parade were carried out through the town. BRA Dominicana (BRA) led the march with the Provincial Department of Health and …
NEW YORK, New York, February 9, 2008. – As part of its Blindness Prevention program, the Batey Relief Alliance is partnering with the SVOSH of the New England College of Optometry to bring 20 students and faculty to deliver critical eye care and glasses to 1500 children and adults with eye problems, in need of …
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. – The Prime Minister of Haiti, Jacques Edouard Alexis, received in his office on January 18th the Batey Relief Alliance’s Founder/CEO, Ulrick Gaillard and a delegation of the organization’s senior Board of Directors, including Dr. Thomas Beague, Sara Beague and Dr. Raymond Thertulien. The purpose for the high level meeting was to brief …
The Batey Relief Alliance is currently recruiting groups wishing to carry out five working-day mission trips to serve children and families severely affected by poverty, disease and hunger in the Dominican Republic’s impoverished urban/rural slum or batey (sugar cane plantations) communities. Activities may include delivering short-term medical, eye, or disaster relief assistance, repairing or building …
