21 May, 2011
NEW YORK. – After an initial letter of invitation from the office of President Clinton in January to join the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Ulrick Gaillard, founder/CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is now a full member of the CGI—a community of international leaders committed to identifying groundbreaking solutions that reduce poverty, improve the environment, and increase access to health care and education around the world. “I am truly honored for this opportunity and look forward to interacting and working with those deeply involved in transforming lives around the world,” said Gaillard.
Throughout the year, CGI helps companies, nonprofits, and governmental organizations build partnerships that match cutting edge ideas with the resources needed to create real change. The CGI community is driven by a common belief that by “working together, we can do more.” CGI members have launched nearly 2,000 projects, improving the lives of 300 million people in more than 170 countries. “Certainly, I want to ensure that our projects in the Dominican Republic and Haiti become part of an agenda and this global concept,” added Gaillard.
Membership culminates in CGI’s Annual Meeting, an invitation-only event for top leaders from around the world, which will be held in New York September 19 – 22, 2011. Since 2005, CGI’s Annual Meetings have convened nearly 150 current and former heads of State, along with 15 Nobel Peace Prize winners and hundreds of top CEOs. Nearly 1,000 journalists cover CGI’s Annual Meetings, as the events recognize the progress that CGI’s members have achieved.
For a number of years, BRA has partnered with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, along with USAID and the Dominican Ministry of Health to deliver life-saving healthcare and antiretroviral treatment to vulnerable and impoverished people living with HIV/AIDS inside sugarcane batey communities of the Dominican Republic.
