Here at SOIL, our mission is to ensure safe, dignified, and sustainable sanitation in Haiti and bring sustainable solutions to the communities we serve. The work that we’ve been able to do over the past 13 years wouldn’t have been possible without all of our generous donors, and we are grateful for....
As we shared a few months ago, SOIL friends and supporters Drew and Scott Gurian have spent the past twelve weeks accomplishing an impressive and unique feat: driving 11,000 miles through 19 countries in a tiny car. They were participating in an annual event called the Mongol Rally, and at SOIL we....
Today we are thrilled to present SOIL's first Annual Report! For the SOIL team, this project represented a great opportunity to demonstrate to all of our friends just how dedicated to our programming we are. Over 95% of our funds go directly to our impactful projects that are designed to bring long....
Help us send SOIL’s Deputy Director to Durban, South Africa! Nick Preneta has been invited to present on SOIL’s behalf at the Faecal Sludge Management Conference later this month. This is a fantastic opportunity to continue spreading the word about SOIL’s unique and effective utilization of EcoSan....
Dear friends of SOIL, I am writing to you from South Africa where I have been exchanging ideas with Durban's municipal authority who are currently operating the world's largest ecological sanitation project. I have learned so much from this exchange and am so grateful to all of the organizations....
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....
Dear Friends of SOIL, I flew into Haiti yesterday morning to see my friend Leah (SOIL's Development Director). Within a few hours of my arrival in Port-au-Prince, Leah brought me to the tent city in Cite Soleil where her organization, SOIL, has been installing toilets and rainwater-fed hand washing....
By Alexandra Phanor-Faury, Essence, February 2, 2010 Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering Haitians and transforming wastes into resources in Haiti. SOIL promotes integrated approaches to the problems of poverty, poor public health, agricultural productivity, and environmental destruction. They do this by working closely with community organizations and activists in Haiti. Even before the quake, Haiti lacked adequate sanitation facilities. Huge piles of trash would collect in streets with no sign of being picked up. People are forced to dispose trash in rivers, oceans and even in abandoned houses. You can imagine how the sanitation problem has worsened after the quake.
By Nicholas D. Kristof, the New York Times, December 23, 2009 SOIL, www.oursoil.org, is bringing dry, composting toilets to Haiti. Run by two remarkable American women, SOIL operates on a shoestring budget in impoverished communities. One aim is to improve sanitation and public health. Another is to compost waste so that it can be safely used as fertilizer to boost agricultural production.
