In 1779, before the United States became a sovereign nation, more than 500 Black soldiers from Saint-Domingue crossed the Atlantic to fight in the American Revolutionary War. They fought at the Siege of Savannah , one of the most brutal battles of the revolution, as part of the Chasseurs-Volontaires....
SOIL's work was featured this week by one of our favorite Haitian news outlets AyiboPost in the article, “Cette entreprise transforme les matières fécales en compost en Haïti, (This Company Transforms Feces into Compost)” by journalist Lucnise Duquereste . The article follows the story of how SOIL....
We are pleased to share that our 2025 Annual Report is here! As we share this report with you, news of natural disasters, political discord, and impending ecological devastation seem to be unceasing, and it can be difficult to find the good, to locate hope. But as SOIL’s Executive Director, Sasha....
At SOIL, we're on a mission to transform urban sanitation for underserved communities through our innovative EkoLakay service. But as we scale the service to reach 8,000 households in northern Haiti by March 2027, having easy access to real-time, robust data and performance indicators at our....
SOIL’s EkoLakay sanitation service has always been backed in scientific evidence and research. At the heart of our research team are SOIL Research Associates Bridj Ozeris and Miselie Fanor-Pierre , who have dedicated significant time and passion to helping our operations team optimize the EkoLakay....
We are beyond excited to welcome Maya Lubeck-Schricker back to the SOIL team—this time as our Director of Research and Innovation. Maya’s journey with SOIL began in 2020, right after she finished up her undergraduate degree in Community Health at Tufts University. While scoping out different post....
How can wastewater fuel homes, nourish crops, and mitigate climate change? The latest episode of the waste(d)water podcast hosted by the Nature Conservancy explores this question with guests from around the world, including Dr. Sasha Kramer, Executive Director at SOIL Haiti. Drawing on nearly two....
It is with deep gratitude and sadness that we at SOIL remember the life of our longtime volunteer and friend, Elaine Linda Covell (June 11, 1947 – June 15, 2025). Elaine was part of SOIL’s story for more than a decade. Her home served as SOIL’s official address for many years, and she faithfully....
Through our container-based sanitation (CBS) services in Haiti, SOIL is not only delivering safe and dignified sanitation to thousands of people in dense urban neighborhoods but also helping mitigate climate change. How? Rather than waste going into a pit latrine or septic tank (both of which have....
A special thanks to our friends at the UC Merced Agroecology Lab led by Dr. Rebecca Ryals and Julie Celestin for conducting this research in partnership with SOIL Haiti and furthering the sectoral knowledge base for ecological sanitation. Context Aerobic composting of human feces has been shown to....
