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	<title>The Batey Relief Alliance</title>
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		<title>USAID’s Food for Peace-International Food Relief Program responds to nutritional needs of DR’s most vulnerable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PIANTINI, Santo Domingo, DR. – Since 2005, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) developed a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program, funded by USAID/CONECA, delivering free healthcare, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment and medicines to hundreds of children and adults infected/affected by HIV and AIDS inside impoverished sugar cane batey communities in the province of Monte Plata. The program is implemented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/08/24/usaid%e2%80%99s-food-for-peace-international-food-relief-program-responds-to-nutritional-needs-of-dr%e2%80%99s-most-vulnerable/</link>
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		<title>BRA showcased USDA-funded Agricultural Cooperative Initiative in DR at Monte Plata Expo.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic. &#8211;  The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) was invited to exhibit its humanitarian work during a three-day event blitz —called Expo Monte Plata 2010—from August 13-15, organized by the Senatorial office of Charlie Mariotti promoting the province of Monte Plata’s rich agricultural, cultural and eco-touristic values. 
More than 25,000 attended the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/08/21/bra-showcased-usda-funded-agricultural-cooperative-initiative-in-dr-at-monte-plata-expo/</link>
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		<title>DR high marked Batey Relief Alliance&#8217;s health services reported studies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PIANTINI, Santo Domingo, D.R. – Evaluators from Columbia University School of Social Work and Indiana University Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and School of Public and Environmental Affairs recently conducted a two-month study to evaluate patient treatment and satisfaction at BRA’s medical center in the province of Monte Plata.  Three years earlier, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/08/09/dr-high-marked-batey-relief-alliances-health-services-reported-studies/</link>
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		<title>New President heads Batey Relief Alliance’s Board of Directors.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK. – At the annual board of directors’ meeting of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) held on June 27th, Dr. Thomas Peter Beague was voted unanimously by the seven-member body as the organization’s new President. He will occupy the position for two years from 2010 through 2012.  “I am truly honored to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/06/29/new-president-heads-batey-relief-alliance%e2%80%99s-board-of-directors/</link>
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		<title>USDA-funded agricultural project in DR creates food security for Batey residents.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PIANTINI, Santo Domingo, D.R. – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) donated  $2 million to the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) to improve agricultural training, production and marketing, and planning more profitable crops inside Dominican Republic’s agricultural batey communities. 
BRA’s international assistance grant falls under the USDA’s Food for Progress Program and supports agricultural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/06/20/usda-funded-agricultural-project-in-dr-creates-food-security-for-batey-residents/</link>
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		<title>Honor Haitian mothers in Haiti – Empower them to rebuild their lives.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings!  
Many of us still recall vividly the horrific images of children, women, men and the elderly trapped under the rubbles of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010 that killed more than 300,000; left more than 1 million homeless, hungry, and sick; and left the impoverished country completely in ruin.
We can also remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/04/30/honor-haitian-mothers-in-haiti-%e2%80%93-empower-them-to-rebuild-their-lives/</link>
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		<title>Batey Relief Alliance and USAID launched Women’s Empowerment Program in quake-devastated Haiti’s border region.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – As part of a new Development Grant Program (DGP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the Republic of Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) received more than $400,000 to develop a Women’s Empowerment Program in the South-East Department, Capital of Jacmel, and District of Belle Anse, covering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/04/29/batey-relief-alliance-and-usaid-launched-women%e2%80%99s-empowerment-program-in-quake-devastated-haiti%e2%80%99s-border-region/</link>
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		<title>Free eye care and eyeglasses for DR’s most impoverished</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MONTE PLATA, D.R. &#8211; As part of its Blindness Prevention program in the Dominican Republic, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is partnering with the Student Volunteer Optometrists for Service of Humanity (SVOSH) of the New England College of Optometry to bring 22 students and faculty to deliver critical eye care and fee eye glasses to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/03/25/free-eye-care-and-eyeglasses-for-dr%e2%80%99s-most-impoverished/</link>
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		<title>BRA launches Sexual and Reproductive Health Program in border region of Haiti.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ANSE-A-PITRES, Haiti. – The offices of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) announced yesterday the launching of a new program of collaboration with its regional partner, Population Services International, in the Southeast border region of the Republic of Haiti.
This program of health crisis promotion and prevention carries out educational activities that promote healthy habits among the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/03/14/bra-launches-sexual-and-reproductive-health-program-in-border-region-of-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Free dental/medical care for Haiti’s earthquake victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anse-a-Pitres, HAITI. – As part of its continuing disaster relief intervention in Haiti, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) is dispatching on March 27th a team of 20 dental and medical specialists from the United States to far-reached earthquake-affected border commune of Anse-a-Pitres to deliver much needed dental and medical care to children and their families [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bateyrelief.org/2010/03/09/free-dentalmedical-care-for-haiti%e2%80%99s-earthquake-victims/</link>
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