Today, December 10, the world celebrates Human Rights Day , marking the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Article 1 is only seven words long, yet it carries the weight of our shared humanity: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Dignity. That....
SOIL does a lot. But what exactly do we do, day in and day out? For the past 18 years, SOIL has been evolving, adapting, and growing as an organization in Cap-Haitien. Since our inception, we’ve explored different composting toilet technologies , restructured our business strategy to include a....
SOIL’s Executive Director Dr. Sasha Kramer and SOIL Board Co-Chair Daniel Tillias were recently featured on the Trash Magic podcast where they discussed ecological sanitation, recycling human waste into nutrient-rich compost, and empowering local economies in urban Haiti. The podcast, hosted by....
SOIL sanitation service collection in the Fort St. Michel neighborhood of Cap-Haitien, Haiti - February 2020. Credit: Etant Dupain. Pou jwenn enfòmasyon konsènan sou COVID-19, swiv lyen sa a. Read SOIL's April newsletter below. To receive stories like these directly in your inbox each month, click....
Photo credit: Vic Hinterlang Last year, SOIL treated and transformed more than 500 metric tons of waste into agricultural-grade compost in a process that follows standards set by the World Health Organization for the safe treatment of human waste. Though studies have time and time again demonstrated....
