Dear Friends and Supporters, I wanted to write to share an update with those of you who have been following Bobo’s situation as he tries to get back to Haiti from Benin. As some of you may have seen from our Facebook page, Bobo made it to Nigeria only to be returned once again to Cotonou as he did....
SOIL et UNICEF vous invitent à la Conférence sur l’Assainissement Durable qui se tiendra le mardi 12 et mercredi 13 juin 2012 , á l’hôtel Ritz Kinam II á Pétion-ville. Cette conférence, organisée par SOIL, se rencontreront pour émettre des échanges d’idées et d’expériences dans ce secteur en Haiti.....
SOIL, in partnership with UNICEF, is hosting the first Sustainable Sanitation Conference in Haiti on June 12-13, 2012. The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and lessons-learned and the development of national standards for sanitation provision. We hope that this event will....
Thanks to Kui Mungai (pictured at left) and SANERGY for their warm welcome in Mukuru, and their kind words after! In her article "Kindred Composting Spirits: A Visit from Haiti," Kui was enthusiastic about meeting Sasha and Anthony and sharing ideas, strategies, and knowledge about composting human....
The Sustainable Sanitation Conference, hosted by SOIL and UNICEF, will raise awareness of positive progress and best practices for sustainable sanitation solutions in Haiti, where lack of sanitation continues to fuel cholera epidemic. SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods), a leader in....
This is the day. Bobo and I are in the final stretch of preparing for his long awaited voyage home to Haiti. Today at 3 pm Bobo will be on a plane to Nigeria and then on to Ghana from there to JFK and then back home to Haiti by noon tomorrow if all goes according to plan. It has been a wild week....
by Paul Hackbarth in The Missourian on 30 May, 2012 About 20 cyclists stopped overnight Wednesday, May 16, in Washington as part of a 3,700-mile ride to raise awareness about global health issues. The cyclists were with Ride for World Health, a nonprofit group, and began April 11 in San Diego, Calif....
The paperwork is finalized, the legalization papers are stamped, the borders are defined, and now we’ve started construction! The newest SOIL waste treatment composting facility is located in Mochinette, a small village between urban Cap-Haitien and our demonstration farm site in Limonade. The area....
To our dear friends and supporters, We are in awe of the outpouring of support that we have received from people around the world who have been holding Bobo in their hearts over the past week. It is now midnight in Benin but I wanted to take a moment to update everyone on this ever evolving....
15 Semi-Finalists Announced for first Land for Life Award UNCCD PRESS RELEASE 24/05/2012 Bonn, Germany - From turning human waste into organic fertilizer to scientific breakthroughs reversing desertification, the 15 semi-finalists of the Land for Life award find innovative and inspiring ways to....