By Katherine Rowland for Green Futures. See the original article on Huff Post UK here. [box] In Haiti, centuries of poor land management and poverty have steadily impinged on the country's ability to feed itself: between 1979 and 2001, per capita cereals production fell by 34%, and between 1998 and....
Dear friends, All of our long time supporters are by now familiar with the community of Shada in Cap-Haitien, where SOIL has been working since 2006. This is the home of the magnificent and charismatic Madame Bwa and the thousands of residents that inspire us with their courage and resilience. That....
SOIL kindly asks for your support to provide emergency relief to the community of Shada, Cap-Haitien where spring rains have brought devastating floods. We don't currently have the discretionary funds in our budget to meet the critical needs of this community, and we ask you to please consider....
Heavy rains last Saturday flooded much of the city of Cap-Haitien, leaving people wading in water and debris up to their waists. The water was unusually slow to drain as the ocean inlet was partially blocked by construction for a new bridge. Brown opaque water filled the alleyways and houses....
Given that we're currently producing nearly two tons of compost on a weekly basis, we're keenly interested in compost research. For the most part we encounter lots of encouraging reports about how compost improves crop yield or improves the viability of reforestation efforts. But today we came....
Join SOIL's charismatic Regional Director Theo Huitema on another adventure in EcoSan. This time, Theo takes you to the local peanut factory, where some SOIL staff members are preparing peanut shells to be crushed into po pistache, the favored cover material used in Cap-Haitien. Before the shells....
Dear Friends, In our March newsletter we asked you to consider making a monthly contribution to SOIL, helping us to reach our goal of bringing in $2,500 each month in recurring donations. We're sending you a note today to ask for your help in getting us there. So far over 50 people from around the....
[box type="shadow"] 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.[/box] March 27, 2013 To whom it may concern: I first want to start this letter by saying thank you. Thank you so much to SOIL, to all....
More adventures in EcoSan this week with Regional Director Theo and the rest of the SOIL Cap-Haitien team. The 'Bobbycat' is already hard at work after making the journey up from Port-au-Prince in the back of the Baskil ( check out the last episode of Theo Talks for the full scoop). Come along as....
Last Saturday, beekeepers arrived at the SOIL farm carrying two bee-laden hollowed-out logs on their shoulders, and it didn’t take them long to transfer the bees to the two wooden boxes constructed specially to house them and support honey production. That same afternoon SOIL friends and staff....