Centre NGO Spotlights SOIL’s Work in Haiti
Romel Toussaint, SOIL's senior manager and passionate agronomist sits down for an interview with Centre NGO.
Inside SOIL Haiti: The Movement Changing Sanitation
If you are in need of a dose of inspiration, we recommend watching Centre NGO’s latest feature on the SOIL sanitation service in Haiti.
This compelling video offers an intimate look inside of the brilliant minds of senior EkoLakay managers Romel Toussaint and Beverly Pierre as they tackle one of the most complex and stigmatized public health challenges in their country–the containment and treatment of human waste.
In this feature, Romel and Beverly explain the transformative power of restoration through the use of untapped resources, and their lived experiences working with SOIL help illuminate our mission for those curious about who we are and what we do.
Beverly shares a story of a client on the EkoLakay service:
“One of our clients who lives in the aviation area is a person with a disability. His family has to help him every time he needed to use the bathroom, because he can’t work, and the toilet was far away from where they lived.
But after learning about the EkoLakay service, the family decided to install a toilet directly in his personal room. Now, he no longer needs help when he has to go to the bathroom. That gave him a greater sense of dignity.”
SOIL is not just a story of sanitation or environmental restoration. SOIL is a story of freedom and of personal liberties. Of individuals being afforded dignity and autonomy over their own bodies. We are changing the way that people interact with their environment, and how their environments affect them, altering the way that daily life is experienced in the areas that we serve.
In Romel’s words:
“To understand SOIL’s mission and its broader impact, we can take the example of Caracol, where people used to live without toilets. But now, you can see SOIL toilets almost everywhere in that area. It has transformed people’s lives.”
If you care about human rights, you need to care about sanitation. While the umbrella of sanitation includes many things—water, waste management, etc.—a big part of it is toilets. Less glamorous, maybe, but vitally important, absolutely.
Thank you again to Centre NGO and Spattitude for the important work that you are doing in amplifying organizations like SOIL who are spearheading critical movements in Haiti.
Read the full article written by Centre NGO “Inside SOIL Haiti: The Movement Changing Sanitation”: https://centrengo.org/inside-soil-haiti-the-movement-changing-sanitation/