3 results for tag: Visitors

SOIL Welcomes CDC to Offices in Cap-Haitien

SOIL staff with CDC team members & EkoLakay clients Last month we were excited to welcome partners from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Haiti Country Office to the SOIL Sales Office in Cap-Haitien. CDC Program Director Dr. Delayo Zomahoun and Program Deputy Ken Chen met with SOIL’s Senior Sales Manager Beverly Pierre and EkoLakay Senior Manager Romel Toussaint to discuss SOIL’s business and sanitation model. The CDC Haiti team also had the opportunity to speak with several EkoLakay clients who shared testimonials about their experiences with SOIL’s service as a part of SOIL’s partnership with the agency.  ...

SOIL and IAF Meet Up in Fort Bourgeois

IAF staff and grantees with SOIL's Sadouddly Michael-Lambert SOIL was excited to have the opportunity to meet with staff members from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) last month in Cap-Haitien. IAF is an independent US foreign assistance organization that invests in community-led grassroots development across Latin America and the Caribbean. Their work is focused on engaging local leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs in underserved areas to create more prosperous, peaceful and democratic communities. IAF has been funding projects in Haiti since 1975 and currently have grantees in 9 of the country’s 10 departments. IAF’s grants are awarded ...

11th Hour Project Visit

A week and a half ago the lovely visitors from the 11th Hour Project came on an extensive tour to visit our toilet sites, compost site, and farm in northern Haiti. We started off visiting three urban neighborhoods in Cap-Haitien (Shada, Fourgerolle, and Aviation) each with populations between 7,000 – 10,000 inhabitants. The economic situations in these areas is difficult and unstable, with people living in overcrowded houses, surviving with informal sector activities that often yield less than $1 USD per day income. Geographically, these areas are also prone to flooding during big storms, hurricanes, and rising tides. The 11th Hour visitors ...