We arrived by bus in Cap-Haitien, the second largest city in Haiti located on the north shore. The bus ride was a 6-hour journey in which the bus barreled on and off paved and dirt roads, around donkeys, along cliff sides, and avoided tanker trucks on hair pin turns on steep mountain passes – very....
[ 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 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. Read more about past....
We’ve been gearing up all week for the celebration of Haiti's Labor and Agriculture Day, which falls every year on the first of May. As two-thirds of Haitians farm, this holiday highlights the significance of agriculture to the structure of life here. It is one of my favorite times of the year here....
By Paul Rauber in Sierra Magazine, May/June 2014 Technology for disposing of human waster hasn't changed a whole lot since the invention of the flush toilet in the 16th century. These days, you push a handle or button, and water whisks waste away to either a septic system or a sewage treatment plant....
By Sasha Kramer, SOIL in the Huffington Post, April 22, 2014 Gone are the days of sanitation languishing in the shadows while other basic human needs take the spotlight. In the past decade, the topic of sanitation has emerged from back-room discussions among engineers at water conferences to a high....
SOIL Letters is a blog series featuring some of the beautiful letters we've received over the years in support of the work we're doing in Haiti. Impact. If you spend much time reading about non-profits or NGOs these days, you're sure to come across that word pretty often. And for good reason - it's....
Here at SOIL, we love transforming waste of all kinds. Though poop is always a favorite, we're also working to promote composting of kitchen waste and vegetable scraps, which is easy for anyone to do at home. In Theo Talks Episode 27, our resourceful north Haiti Regional Director, Theo Huitema....
By Jeremy Keehn in The Walrus, May 2014 Magazine. We hear within us the perpetual call: There is the problem. Seek its solution. —David Hilbert, presenting his twenty-three grand challenges to the International Congress of Mathematicians, Paris, 1900 ONE EVENING last November, I went to an upscale....
Over the past few months, loyal readers of the SOIL blog may have noticed several posts about SOIL's growing partnership with the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, first approached SOIL last summer to design and lead a series of trainings....