EkoMobil, SOIL’s high-quality, and ecologically beneficial portable toilet rental service, has been seeing some exciting growth over this year! Our mobile toilets, similar to our household toilets , are a Container Based Sanitation (CBS) solution and available for rentals at both public and private....
Last month we were excited to welcome partners from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Haiti Country Office to the SOIL Sales Office in Cap-Haitien. CDC Program Director Dr. Delayo Zomahoun and Program Deputy Ken Chen met with SOIL’s Senior Sales Manager Beverly Pierre and....
We’re thrilled to introduce a new member of SOIL’s Special Advisory Board, Rich Flammer! Rich has more than 32 years of hands-on composting experience working extensively throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii, Central America and Mexico. Principal of the consulting firm, Hidden Resources , he has....
SOIL was excited to have the opportunity to meet with staff members from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) last month in Cap-Haitien. IAF is an independent US foreign assistance organization that invests in community-led grassroots development across Latin America and the Caribbean. Their work is....
SOIL’s partner, Global Water Intelligence (GWI), a global water industry publisher and event organizer, is always exploring new ways to push the water sector forward and share its findings with stakeholders in the industry. In an article in the latest installment of their newsletter , GWI....
This month the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF released a new report titled Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 2000 - 2022: Special focus on gender which provides the first in depth analysis of gender inequalities in WASH services. The report notes that....
The Tourism Innovation Summit (TIS) is a week-long event that is taking place this week in Cap-Haitien, July 3 – 8. The summit is an opportunity to facilitate and spark new ideas for the Haitian tourism sector. Long known as the Pearl of the Antilles, Haiti has struggled to build its tourism....
Thanks to our very generous supporters and friends, we received over $29,000 in donations to our Grinder campaign! From all of us at SOIL, thank you for your generosity and for your continued commitment to helping ensure safe, dignified sanitation for families in Cap-Haitien. As many of our readers....
SOIL is pleased to have been a part of a new Water and Sanitation Sectorial Forum, focused on the northern region of Haiti, that convened for its inaugural session earlier this month. The goal of the forum is to strengthen consultation between local actors working in the areas of solid waste....
The SOIL team is pleased to announce that Keurlit Charles has been named as our new EkoLakay Manager. Keurlit is stepping into the role after having spent the past two years as SOIL’s Field Operations Supervisor. Recently we had the opportunity to speak with him to learn more about his new role and....