October 2011: Great news from Port-au-Prince!

Dear friends and supporters, I am ashamed that this letter is so long in coming.  I know that the last time we wrote to you SOIL was facing a major crisis and I am so grateful to those of you who reached out to us during that difficult time.  I know that many of you may have been wondering if we still exist and I am thankful to be able to share good news with you in this letter. In mid June just when we were certain that we would have to close our Port-au-Prince office and cut off our emergency services, a miracle happened.  An old friend of mine put me in touch with a foundation in Palo Alto, California called the 11th Hour Project.  After ...