SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. – In an effort to address critical healthcare needs of thousands of people living in border communities on both sides of the island of Hispaniola—shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance, last month, led a strategic meeting bringing to the table top Haitian and Dominican healthcare officials …
NEW YORK, June 4, 2008. – The Kentucky-based Presbyterian Church-USA’s Committee on the Self Development of People (SDOP) has approved a generous grant of $126,728 to install water systems inside four batey communities of the Dominican Republic. The two recipients of the grants, the Batey Relief Alliance’s field organization, BRA DOMINICANA and the Movement of …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 4, 2008. – Miguel A. Puente H. was voted unanimously on May 28th by members of the Board of BRA Dominicana to be their new President—a top post that was filled prior by journalist Nexcy D’ Leon. “I am truly honored to be part of this great organization and chosen …
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, June 3, 2008. —The Batey Relief Alliance launches this month another year of food aid, distributing 75 metric tons of food in the Dominican Republic, with the financial and technical assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This program, under the USAID’s Food for Peace-International Food Relief Program, …
