How do we ensure that people around the globe have access to clean water? How can water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs be effectively implemented in vulnerable communities? And why is track record of international WASH initiatives marked by profound failures? These questions were at the....
By Sasha Kramer, in Food Tank, March 16, 2014 Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is an organization based in Haiti that was founded in 2006 with a mission of ensuring nutrients for all through the transformation of wastes into resources, or more precisely by turning poop into soil. We....
[ 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 pwopozisyon pou....
[ Li enfòmasyon sa a an kreyòl ayisyen.] SOIL conducts regular one-day workshops on how SOIL’s use of ecological sanitation (EcoSan) technology in Haiti. This workshop includes an overview of SOIL’s programs, technologies used, lessons learned, and implementation suggestions. Workshops are held in....
Dear Friends, Just a few short months ago, we wrote to you about how the SOIL team has transformed a section of Trutier in the Port-au-Prince city dump. While we’re happy to have created a lovely, lush little outpost in the sea of trash and rubble, we’re even prouder of what happens there every day....
Dear friends, Just a few short months ago, I wrote to you about how the SOIL team has transformed a section of Trutier in the Port-au-Prince city dump. While we're happy to have created a lovely, lush little outpost in the sea of trash and rubble, we're even prouder of what happens there every day....
SOIL is happy to announce that we are now offering consultancy services in Haiti and abroad. These consultancies will allow SOIL to share valuable knowledge and experience gained in implementing Ecological Sanitation in both emergency and non-emergency contexts. In addition to our core experience in....
Haiti has often been referred to as the Republic of NGOs - no one knows exactly how many programs exist in the country, but there are easily thousands, maybe tens of thousands, operating in this country of nine million people. In this environment, NGOs can get caught up in competition with other....
To all fifteen fans of the SOIL Theo Talks series (you know who you are): we sincerely apologize that it's been so long since the last episode. While there's been no shortage of footage being produced by SOIL's irrepressible Regional Director in Cap-Haitien, Theo Huitema, we have had some technical....
Piti Piti Zwazo Fè Nich Li “Little by little the bird makes its nest.” –Haitian Proverb Last month marked the four-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. Since January 12, 2010, SOIL has provided emergency sanitation services for over 20,000 displaced people. Over the past four....