Almost twenty years ago, SOIL asked a question: Could affordable, safe and dignified sanitation services be delivered in dense, coastal urban neighborhoods without sewer infrastructure — and could the waste collected from these services be transformed into compost? (Spoiler alert: the answer is yes....
On August 20, 2025, Haiti’s Council of Ministers introduced a new leadership team for Cap-Haïtien, appointing Angie Bell as president of the municipal commission—effectively the city’s mayor. Magistra Bell brings with her a legacy of community leadership, a professional background in communications....
This week in Stockholm, the global water and sanitation community gathered for World Water Week , hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) . It has been a week of powerful conversations, new partnerships, and a shared commitment to building resilient systems that deliver safe....
SOIL is proud to be a nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet , a global network of businesses, non-profits, and individuals working together to improve the health of our planet. 1% for the Planet connects donors—businesses that wish to help make positive environmental change—with doers—the non....
Funders who want to drive genuine impact invest in solutions like SOIL—efforts that partner with and reinforce public-sector goals to build and sustain essential services at scale. SOIL’s contribution to city-wide sanitation in Northern Haiti has taken many different forms in the last 19 years. Our....
From early collaborations to currently serving as a member on our Advisory Board, Harry’s work has consistently aligned with SOIL’s mission to advance dignity and justice in Haiti. We are thrilled to sit down with him to talk more about his journey, his work with SOIL, and the powerful role that the....
Inside SOIL Haiti: The Movement Changing Sanitation If you are in need of a dose of inspiration, we recommend watching Centre NGO’s latest feature on the SOIL sanitation service in Haiti. This compelling video offers an intimate look inside of the brilliant minds of senior EkoLakay managers Romel....
Last week, SOIL participated in a thought-provoking forum hosted by Escuela de Gobierno at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) , focusing on strategies for enhancing access to sanitation in urban areas. The event, titled, “¿Cómo cerrar la brecha en el acceso a saneamiento urbano?” (....
Jumping into a new relationship can be nerve-wracking. Will we share the same values? Will they grow with us? Will they embrace our quirks? But sometimes, things just click—like they did with SOIL and our new partner Who Gives a Crap , an innovative toilet paper company on a mission to make a....
CLE The Centre Haitien du Leadership et de l’Excellence (Haitian Centre for Leadership and Excellence, CLE) was born out of a vision to tackle Haiti’s leadership challenges, particularly in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake. Amid the efforts to rebuild the country, a glaring absence stood....
