The Batey Relief Alliance
Established in 1997 in the United States as a 501c3 tax-exempt humanitarian aid organization , the BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE—BRA works closely with key international donors/partners committed to positive social change in the developing world. In 2000, BRA created its regional arm, BRA DOMINICANA, a Dominican-based non-governmental organization (NGO) charged to help carry out the mission of the Batey Relief Alliance inside the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Batey Relief Alliance is a member of the Global Health Council and is associated with the Department of Public Information—NGO of the United Nations.
The BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE’S humanitarian work is health-oriented and is carried out internationally by collaborating with local grassroots organizations and government agencies through direct services and education. Each year, BRA secures millions of dollars in in-kind resources for its many projects implemented inside the Dominican Republic’s bateyes, and distributing part to its local partners raising their capacity to deliver improved services to impoverished communities they serve throughout the country. Financial donations from individuals, organizations, corporations and foundations are also solicited and used to defray the costs of BRA’s programs. In addition to these, BRA implements projects inside the United States’ New York raising public awareness, through international conferences and education, about its humanitarian effort, and issues of inequity, racial intolerance, human rights, and HIV/AIDS.
In 2003, the Dominican Republic’s president, Hipólito Mejía, welcomed a high-level BRA delegation at the National Palace to discuss the organization’s overall humanitarian health care plan for the country’s most impoverished. The President welcomed the plan by donating land and building structures for BRA to build in 2006 the country’s first modern medical facility inside any bateyes. BRA’s work has also attracted the involvement of many internationally, including high profile personalities like Dominican-born former baseball Manager of the Kansas City Royals Tony Peña, former U.S President Bill Clinton, etc. On September 10, 2005, generous musicians from the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras and the Boromeo String Quarter gathered in Philadelphia for a concert to benefit BRA’s efforts where president CLINTON offered the following remarks, “…The Batey Relief Alliance is doing important and difficult work. They need our continued support.”
Since its inception, BRA has been operating under the following motto, which embodies the very foundation of the organization: The BATEY RELIEF ALLIANCE brings people together, alleviates sufferings, and saves lives; endeavors to empower the weak and protect rights, without regard to race, sex, creed, religion, national origin, or social status.
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