It is with deep gratitude and sadness that we at SOIL remember the life of our longtime volunteer and friend, Elaine Linda Covell (June 11, 1947 – June 15, 2025). Elaine was part of SOIL’s story for more than a decade. Her home served as SOIL’s official address for many years, and she faithfully....
On the humid night of August 14, 1791, deep in the forests near what is now Morne Rouge , in northern Haiti, enslaved Africans and maroons gathered in defiance of the French colonial system. This historic meeting-known as Bwa Kayiman —was both spiritual and political, and it would spark the Haitian....
Through our container-based sanitation (CBS) services in Haiti, SOIL is not only delivering safe and dignified sanitation to thousands of people in dense urban neighborhoods but also helping mitigate climate change. How? Rather than waste going into a pit latrine or septic tank (both of which have....
A special thanks to our friends at the UC Merced Agroecology Lab led by Dr. Rebecca Ryals and Julie Celestin for conducting this research in partnership with SOIL Haiti and furthering the sectoral knowledge base for ecological sanitation. Context Aerobic composting of human feces has been shown to....
SOIL is proud to be a nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet , a global network of businesses, non-profits, and individuals working together to improve the health of our planet. 1% for the Planet connects donors—businesses that wish to help make positive environmental change—with doers—the non....
Last month, SOIL provided a statement to the NYTimes on the effects of the travel ban issued on June 4th, rescinding multiple visa categories for several countries, including Haiti. SOIL’s Executive Director, Sasha Kramer, gave insight as to how this decision hinders our ability to train, meet with....
Recently, SOIL had the pleasure of working with Rich Flammer in Haiti—a friend of SOIL, recently inaugurated SOIL Advisory Board member , and owner of the San-Diego based compost consulting firm Hidden Resources . Rich came to train our composting team on identifying issues in the composting process....
To address the gap in accessible sanitation options, SOIL has been working for nearly two decades to provide household toilet and waste treatment services across Cap-Haïtien. Collecting client feedback drives our continuous improvement, and we are happy to present a selection of recent testimonials....
A couple of weeks ago, SOIL’s research team met with our partners at Aquaya to explore what sanitation service demand looks like among Cap-Haitien residents who are: Not EkoLakay clients. Are actively seeking a sanitation solution for their household. Currently have a household toilet (such as a pit....
Funders who want to drive genuine impact invest in solutions like SOIL—efforts that partner with and reinforce public-sector goals to build and sustain essential services at scale. SOIL’s contribution to city-wide sanitation in Northern Haiti has taken many different forms in the last 19 years. Our....