February 17, 2004 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Dominican government on Monday called for more international assistance to quell the Haitian uprising, saying the violence could hurt the Caribbean region. “The situation in Haiti, if it persits, may cause thousands to want to flee the country by attempting to cross the borders into the …
Carol King, Victor Manuel Baez, Virtudes Berroa On September 18, 2003, Victor Manuel Baez, Executive Director of the Dominican’s State Sugar Council — el Consejo Estatal del Azucar (CEA) and Maria Virtudes Berroa, Executive Director of the BRA Dominicana, signed a working agreement in Santo Domingo. The Agreement called for BRA Dominicana to support the …
Raymond Thertulien, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor at the Myeloma Institute in Little Rock Arkansas, and Medical Director of the Batey Relief Alliance, submitted recently an idea for a grand challenge in global health that was accepted and published on the grand challenges in global health’s Web site.It is now open for grant submission. GRAND CHALLENGE …
Dr. Paul Nacier joins BRA’s board membership At an annual board meeting of the Batey Relief Alliance held on December 27, 2003, Dr. Paul Nacier, a member of the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (AMHE), was voted in as the organization’s newest board member. “Dr. Nacier demonstrates great commitment to the mission of the BRA …
BRA adds ambulance into its Humanitarian Health Care System As part of its humanitarian health care invention in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic, BRA has secured an ambulance to provide emergency transport services to the impoverished population. The donation of the ambulance was arranged by the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club in New Jersey — …
BRA restores the vision of a little boy. Read the story of Alexi DeLeon. During one of the BRA’s Blindness Prevention mission trips in the bateyes in 2001, I was called by one of our onsite volunteer optometrists showing me an eight-year old child with a rare eye disease that required special eyeglasses and high …
BRA distributes medicines and vitamins for the health care of the poor Since 1998, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) mobilizes resources from the United States to carry out its humanitarian health projects to benefit the poor marginalized populations living in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic. “I remember that our very first medical mission trip …
BRA’s Executive Director, Ulrick Gaillard, last year met with John Rovetto, President of the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club in New Jersey, to discuss parternship possibilities to help support the humanitarian work of the Batey Relief Alliance in the Dominican Republic. After several meetings, the Rotary accepted to secure an ambulance for the organization to provide …
