Batey students selected to participate in the United Nations’ Model Conference in Santo Domingo. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Tuesday, September 25th, eleven students from batey Bosque Abajo in the province of Monte Plata, four females and seven males, gathered in the BRA’s Medical Center located inside Batey Cinco Casas for a workshop sponsored by …
NEW YORK, New York. – The New York Rotary Club’s Foundation has made a grant of $2400 to the Batey Relief Alliance to start a comprehensive water/sanitation program benefiting thirty impoverished families living in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic. The project will be coordinated in partnership with the DR-based Club Rotario Arroyo Hondo Santo …
BROOKLYN, New York.- The New York State Department of Health (DOH) made a one-year grant of $10,000 to the Brooklyn-based Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to carry out HIV/AIDS awareness and education targeting Haitian immigrants and others living in the Brooklyn’s section of Flatbush. This is the second year BRA has received the funding through a …
NEW YORK, New York. – Batey Cinco Casas in the province of Monte Plata is the site chosen by the Batey Relief Alliance to celebrate its 10-year anniversary on October 23, 2007. More than 1000 people are expected to attend the festivities at the organization’s new medical center complex, including diplomatic, government and media officials, …
BROOKLYN, New York. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA Dominicana) is preparing a post hurricane relief operation inside the bateyes of the Dominican Republic’s province of Barahona delivering to the impoverished population emergency medical aid and medicines. “Our health team will assess the current health conditions among the most vulnerable, including children, pregnant women and …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – The Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) – based in Santo Domingo, as part of its artistic promotion of young Dominican artists, is hosting an art exhibit for the talented artist, Ed Vasquez, on September 5 at 7:00pm. The address for FUNGLODE is Calle General de Marchena, No. 26, La …
BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE Celebrating 10 Years of Success in the Dominican Republic The Batey Relief Alliance—BRA celebrates on October 23rd, 2007, ten years of humanitarian services for children and families severely affected by poverty, disease and hunger in the Caribbean, particularly those suffering inside the bateyes, rural slums, and urban barrios of the Dominican Republic. …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 12, 2007 – The Director of the Presidential AIDS Council—COPRESIDA, Dr. Umberto Salazar and the Director of the General Directorate for Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS—DIGECITTS, Dr. Angel Almánzar, held high-level meetings with key officials of the Batey Relief Alliance/BRA Dominicana to discuss cooperation between the three institutions …
