Why Batey?

• Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Proposal
• Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Projects
• Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Management
• Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Manager

After the privatization by the Dominican State of most of its sugar mills in the 1990s, over 1M people (mostly Haitian migrant cane cutters and their Dominican offspring) living in deep rural “batey” communities were left abandoned and with no clear future. BRA responded to the critical situation by approaching the President of the Republic (Hipólito Mejía), the Director of the State Sugar Council (Victor Manuel Baez) and the Minister of Public Health (Dr. Juan Octavio Ceballos) and present them our plan to install modern medical facilities within these highly impoverished and vulnerable enclaves. All three responded positively, which later led to the significant investment by BRA of more than $120M in social development programs within the bateyes from 1997-2017.

Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Proposal

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. In 1997, Batey Relief Alliance launched its humanitarian efforts in the Dominican Republic to help address the questionable living conditions of impoverished populations within highly vulnerable sugarcane plantations rural “batey” communities.

• UNICEF’s humanitarian responses in nutrition encompass a number of key actions: Providing life-saving treatment – UNICEF is the main supplier of ready-to-use therapeutic foods and works with partners to manage the urgent treatment of millions of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition every year.
• Dominican Republic Disaster Relief 1-Sep-1979 26-Oct-1979 Dominican Republic Hurricane Frederick Relief 12-Sep-1979 23-Feb-1980 AL Gallup Indian Medical Center Relief 3-Oct-1979 15-Apr-1980 NM Indochina Refugee Relief 26-Oct-1979 30-Apr-1980 Thailand Majuro Atoll Disaster Relief 27-Nov-1979 8-Jan-1980 Marshall Islands.

The logo of the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) uniquely embodies several levels of meaning – four human-like beings representing: 1) the international community, 2) partners, 3) local governments, and 4) beneficiary populations holding hands that suggest cooperation, mutual respect and understanding, sharing and the reinforcement of individual efforts when joined together.

Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Projects

At the same time, the word batey, meaning in Taino Indian, the Community, creates the strongest spiritual value that a Community is everywhere, and that all of its members, regardless of race, gender, creed, religion, national origin or political affiliation, must endeavor to secure its stability, survival and future only by working together in harmony. Finally, the logo’s totality endows a joyful gesture that expresses accomplishment, liberation and spiritual uplift.

Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Management

Dominican Republic 2012 Mac Humanitarian Project Manager