QUALITY HEALTHCARE INSIDE BATEY CINCO CASAS— BRA Medical Center MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic, June 5, 2006 — The Batey Cinco Casas, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Santo Domingo, is experiencing a social phenomenon never before seen, not even when sugar cane production was at the center of the Dominican Republic’s economy after the …
About twenty-five Health Promoters affiliated with BRA participated in a daylong training organized by Population Services International (PSI). The town of Don Juan in the Monte Plata province was the meeting place for the promoters, and other local grass-roots organizations, which will collaborate in a nation-wide project aiming at increasing the correct and consistent use …
The month of September has been particularly busy at Centro Medico BRA inside Batey Cinco Casas, with the arrival of a new group of professionals joining the Clinic’s team. Primary Care now has four doctors that see patients every day of the week. Particularly noteworthy is the addition of a fully equipped laboratory now offering …
“It is not easy for the inhabitants of the bateyes and rural communities of the Dominican Republic to consume a balanced diet,” said BRA’s CEO, Ulrick Gaillard. Several complex factors contribute to this problem, which takes its heaviest toll on the children who need proper nutrition to fully develop mentally and physically. People in these …
Haitian art Maestro, Lyonel Laurenceau (right), is famous around the world for his uniquely vibrant style, full of color, light and emotion work, which was recently featured at an exhibition in the Museo de Las Casas Reales in the Dominican Republic. During his visit to the DR in July, Mr. Laurenceau also became a supporter …
I. INTRODUCTION TO BRA’S HUMANITARIAN WORK BRA’s Institutional Model The Batey Relief Alliance—BRA was created in 1997 in the State of New York, United States, as a 501c3, tax-exempt, non-profit, humanitarian aid organization to address the socio-economic conditions of children and families severely affected by poverty, disease and hunger in the Caribbean. Toward that end, …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. Beautiful velones (candles), canvas bags, flower arrangements and kitchen towels are stored at BRA’s clinic in Batey Cinco Casas until their display in an open house to be held in the Monte Plata Province. These works of arts were carefully and patiently elaborated by men and women who are living with …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic. Jessie Clyde, a student completing her Masters in Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School, spent ten weeks of her 2006 summer at Centro Medico BRA in the Batey Cinco Casas. Jessie was one of four students from Columbia who traveled to the Dominican Republic, under the Dominican Exchange Program, to …
