Fòmasyon Sanitasyon Ekolojik SOIL: 20 Novanm

[Click here to read this information in English.] SOIL òganize tanzantan atelye pou montre SOIL sèvi ak teknoloji Sanitasyon Ekolojik (EkoSan) an Ayiti. Fòmasyon sa gen ladan yon rezime de pwogram yo nou, kom pa egzamp: teknoloji ke nou sèvi, leson nou te aprann nan developman teknoloji sa, e....

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Martian

Institute of Civil Engineers: From Haiti to Mars: a Giant Leap for Human Waste

"Mars One aims to land the first colonists on Mars in just 12 years’ time. One of their first tasks will be to start growing food using nutrients from their own waste − techniques for which are being pioneered by engineers in Haiti. ... US non-government organisation Sustainable Organic Integrated....

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Agronomists

Haiti's Young Agronomists

In this past fiscal year, SOIL hosted six interns in the agricultural department. The interns were all agriculture students at local universities who come to SOIL to fulfill their internship requirement during their last year of schooling. In SOIL's agricultural intern program, students gain....

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Containers

SOIL and Re.Source Co-Author Second Paper on Household Sanitation

Back in May we excitedly announced that we had co-authorized a paper with our collaborators at re.source sanitation ( and you can check it out here). We now are pleased to say that the second paper from this collaboration has hit the press! As we started researching and planning our household....

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Bonzode

Baptiste, the Bonzode Chef

If you have been following SOIL’s progress, you have probably seen that our EkoLakay household toilet business is growing bigger every day. However, signing up more customers requires having all of the necessary materials for the service. And one of our most critical inputs is our toilet “flushing”....

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Pippa Biddle: Seeing Poverty as a Business Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing

"’Poverty is a business,’ Patricia Wolff, founder of Meds & Food for Kids was quoted as saying in a 2010 New York Times article about a nutritional, peanut-based paste that has transformed the treatment of acute malnutrition in children. She got a lot of flack for that quote, but I think that she....

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Field

Almost.

Almost. That word, or rather, it’s Kreyol equivalent, preske ( press-keh), is being used quite a lot these days. The construction that the landlord is doing at our office is almost done. We’ve almost perfected the updated technical design for our cement toilets. We’re almost ready to order our new....

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Toilet

Foundation Beyond Belief: Q3 2014 beneficiary, SOIL, continues critical sanitation work

SOIL was deeply honored to be chosen as a Q3 2014 Poverty and Health beneficiary. Here at SOIL we are developing sanitation businesses that fight poverty and improve public health in Haiti. In addition to Foundation Beyond Belief's previous report on our progress, the $11,095 grant from FBB this....

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Kat EkoLakay OKP

Geolocating SOIL Toilets

If you’ve ever tried to navigate through either of Haiti’s two largest cities, you might know that it’s a bit challenging. Street names and addresses are rarely marked. And to make things worse, SOIL’s EkoLakay household toilets are being installed in densely-populated urban communities that were....

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Niagra Falls

Erinold’s Trip to the USA Expands SOIL’s Pathogen Testing Capacity

The SOIL Cap-Haitien team is happy to have its Sanitation Coordinator back after a 2-week trip in June to the United States. Erinold Frederic is a busy man in the office, not only managing SOIL’s busiest sanitation program EkoLakay, but also the laboratory where each batch of compost is tested for....

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