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Bateyes are where Haitian sugar cane workers live

William Blount of Portland Maine Rotary

PORTLAND, Me- A Rotarian with the Rotary Club of Portland, reported about the bateyes, near La Romana, in the Dominican Republic. Rotarian David Small reported that 140 new, lighter and easier to install water filters were provided to Haitian residents living in the bateyes. Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Portland have traveled to the […]