SANTO DOMINGO. – On August 28, 2015, the Dominican government, through the Municipal District of Don Juan, Monte Plata province, passed a resolution unanimously naming a new street after the Batey Relief Alliance—“Calle Batey Relief Alliance (BRA)”. Members of the voting and signatory District board acknowledged that the gesture is in recognition of the organization’s …
P & G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program and BRA began distributing clean drinking water packets combined with personal care and household cleaning products aimed at reducing hygiene and skin-related illnesses among 69,440 people living in vulnerable and impoverished sugarcane plantation rural communities known as bateyes in Monte Plata province. MONTE PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, …
BROOKLYN, New York, July 6, 2015. – Batey Relief Alliance’s founder and CEO, Ulrick Gaillard and Deputy Executive Director, Lauren W. Ojha will participate in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Week of Action to be held in New York from July 9-17, 2015. The event will bring cross-sector leaders together to join in a range …
BROOKLYN, NY, June 26, 2015. – The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA), under its Disaster Relief Program, announces a joint humanitarian effort with the California-based partner NGO, Direct Relief (DR) to launch a collaborative Disaster Preparedness Initiative in order to respond to the immediate needs of people victims of disasters on the island of Hispaniola—home of …
SANTO DOMINGO- On March 19, 2015, thte Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) Dominicana, along with the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture, representatives of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and various other local collaborators from the agricultural and non-profit sectors will meet in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to celebrate the closing of the organization’s ambitious “Sembrando Vidas” …
MONTE PLATA, Dominican Republic.- BRA/s founder/CEO, Ulrick Gaillard traveled to the Monte Plata province to sign an agreement with the local Mayor of Municipal Sabana Grande de Boya, Dr. Bertilia Fernandez, expanding critical health services and food security for thousands of vulnerable and impoverished families struggling in the country’s rural areas. “While the Dominican Republic …
YAMASA, Monte Plata.- Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) Dominicana, institución humanitaria, dedicada a mejorar la calidad de vida de las familias económicamente vulnerables en las zonas más necesitadas de la Republica Dominicana, en colaboración con el Programa Visión Municipal del Canal TV3 Yamasá, provincia Monte Plata, inaugura hoy el lanzamiento oficial de su nuevo programa anual, …
MONTE PLATA. – In October, the Canadian-born actor/director and former superstar TV show Beverly Hills 90210, Jason Priestley, travelled to the Dominican Republic with the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to deliver water purifier sachets to children and their families in need in the bateyes and see firsthand how clean drinking water changes lives. “We had …
