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March 2025 Newsletter: Love is an Act of Resistance During Fractured Times

For many of us who have committed our lives to building a more just and equitable society, the world seems to be shifting beneath our feet. We know valiant partners who have lost funding, families who are struggling as vital lifelines are disrupted, and committed workers who live in fear of job loss....

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September 2024 Newsletter: A Look Into SOIL's Corner of Haiti

Dear Friend, As an organization based in Haiti for over 18 years, we know what it is like to work alongside Haitians – who are some of the strongest, bravest, kindest, and most hard-working people we have ever known. Each morning, as the first light breaks over the city, Cap-Haitien is already alive....

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July 2021 Newsletter: Lespwa Fè Viv

Dear Friend, We want to take a moment to acknowledge the horrible tragedy that occurred in Haiti last week, the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. SOIL strongly condemns this act of violence and we send our condolences to his family. We are saddened at the way in which this act will likely....

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June 2012 Newsletter: Sustainable Sanitation Works in Haiti

Dear friends and supporters, As many of you know, Sasha, Bobo and Anthony have finally returned to Port-au-Prince safe and sound. The whole team met Bobo at the airport on Friday afternoon with dozens of Haitian flags and cheers. Our excitement was infectious and Bobo received hugs and good wishes....

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May 2012 Newsletter: South Africa, Haiti, Sanitation and Friends

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....

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Spring Newsletter 2012: We have 400,000 gallons of compost!

SOIL has 400,000 gallons of rich, organic compost curing in piles at our waste treatment sites around Haiti and we're producing more at a rate of 5,000 gallons a week! Check out the full story in the SOIL Spring Newsletter.

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Winter 2011 – Ecological Sanitation Catches on in Haiti

Fill out the email submit box to the right to get future editions straight into your inbox and then check out all the latest happenings here: Ecological Sanitation Catches on in Haiti, Winter 2011.

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June 2011: Dear Friends of SOIL

Dear Friends, I have waited to write this letter to you, waited to have some good news to share, wanted toshare hope and not disillusionment, wanted to reassure you that the program we have developed since the earthquake will continue to serve families in need. But as today marks the first day of....

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Fall 2010 Newsletter: SOIL’s EcoSan Toilets Revolutionize Emergency Sanitation

Our SOIL Newsletter - Fall 2010 is out with lots of updates on our latest projects. If you didn't receive your own copy by email and you'd like to in the future, please sign up for email updates in the box to the right. In This Issue When Toilets Go Bad SOIL's EcoSan Toilets Revolutionize Emergency....

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