In 2021, a study of EkoLakay households published in the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development made a striking claim: before subscribing to EkoLakay, our customers were more likely to practice open defecation or rely on sanitation outside their own home, and less likely to have a....
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....
