In 1779, before the United States became a sovereign nation, more than 500 Black soldiers from Saint-Domingue crossed the Atlantic to fight in the American Revolutionary War. They fought at the Siege of Savannah , one of the most brutal battles of the revolution, as part of the Chasseurs-Volontaires....

The 20th anniversary of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a time for celebration and, also, a time to pause, look back, and honor the dedication and sacrifice of the many, many individuals who have worked over the past two decades to build SOIL into what it is today: a locally-run....

At SOIL, our mission is to expand safe sanitation access to every corner of Cap-Haïtien. But what happens when the neighborhoods we want to serve are up steep and densely vegetated hills that our Poopmobile collection vehicles (as heroic as they are) simply can’t climb? Our fleet of three-wheelers....

SOIL's work was featured this week by one of our favorite Haitian news outlets AyiboPost in the article, “Cette entreprise transforme les matières fécales en compost en Haïti, (This Company Transforms Feces into Compost)” by journalist Lucnise Duquereste . The article follows the story of how SOIL....

Last week, several members of the Container Based Sanitation Alliance traveled to Cap-Haïtien to see how much SOIL has grown, meet the passionate individuals who make our work possible, and dig into the challenges that the CBS sector is facing today—from available financing and the operational....

Behind every bag of SOIL’s KonposLakay compost is a careful process to ensure it is safe, free of harmful pathogens, and ready to restore Haiti’s soils. Each batch is held to rigorous standards in compliance with the Haitian government’s requirements for processing waste as well as the World Health....