Theo Talks Episode 5: Ki moun vle kaka? Who Wants to Poop?

Join SOIL Regional Director Theo Huitema on another adventure in EcoSan as he watches SOIL staff members training residents of Shada, Cap-Haitien, to use their Household EcoSan toilets. This month marks the official launch of the Household Toilet Project, and hundreds of families in Shada will....

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Entering in Style!

Sasha and I made a grand entrance into today's CGI (Clinton Global Initiative) meeting, hosted at the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince. As some of you may know, both the Karibe and CGI meetings in general are pretty fancy, but that didn't stop the SOIL crew from wheeling in a giant squeaky wheelbarrow....

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Waterborne Disease Hits Close to Home

The past couple of weeks have been a new kind of learning experience for Sasha and myself, as we, along with several other people in our neighborhood, came down with Typhoid Fever. Although it hasn't been a fun or easy experience, Sasha and I count ourselves incredibly lucky and grateful to have....

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Toronto Star: Why Haiti Sees Hope in a Toilet Bowl

By Jennifer Yang in The Toronto Star, November 22nd, 2012. When it comes to tackling some of Haiti’s most afflicting problems, Sasha Kramer has an elegant idea involving large quantities of a rather indelicate substance: poop. Lots of poop. Buckets of the stuff. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of....

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A SOIL Calendar for the Holidays!

Here in Port-au-Prince the sun is shining and the temperature is a balmy 86°F, but for many of our friends in the United States and throughout the world, winter is fast approaching! No matter where you are, the holiday season is on its way, and that means that SOIL calendars are here again! One of....

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Theo Talks Episode 1: A Sunrise Tour Through the SOIL Nursery in Cap-Haitien

Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on the first (of many we hope) adventures in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 1, Theo will take you on a sunrise tour of the SOIL nursery outside of Cap-Haitien. Listen closely and you might hear some tree cocks! Do you want to support this effort to improve....

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Send Nick to Durban!

Help us send SOIL’s Deputy Director to Durban, South Africa! Nick Preneta has been invited to present on SOIL’s behalf at the Faecal Sludge Management Conference later this month. This is a fantastic opportunity to continue spreading the word about SOIL’s unique and effective utilization of EcoSan....

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CGI Breakout Session & Haiti: "Lessons for the Future"

The annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York took place earlier this week, featuring numerous presentations, breakout sessions, and discussions. SOIL co-founder and Executive Director Sasha Kramer participated in the "Haiti: Lessons for the Future" session on Monday, September 24....

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The Daily Beast: Lamothe Tells Clinton Global Initiative Haiti "Rising From the Ashes"

Written by Nina Strochlic for The Daily Beast on September 24, 2012 Two years after a devastating earthquake, Haiti is still rebuilding. But new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has big plans for the poverty-stricken nation—as he told a star-studded Clinton Global Initiative session Monday. Nina....

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Transforming Twitye

SOIL's Port-au-Prince composting site at Twitye is undergoing a complete transformation. It's a makeover, SOIL style! Given SOIL's mission to transform wastes into resources, the team decided that our site at Twitye, the infamous Port-au-Prince dump, provided an ideal opportunity to take that....

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