Dear Friends, SOIL is currently treating over 20,000 gallons of waste per month, transforming it into rich, organic compost critical for rebuilding Haiti's soil. But we want to do more! We dream of doubling the capacity of our EcoSan waste treatment sites in order to increase access to critical safe....
This is a land so vibrant and alive that laugher will come bursting through as imperious as the sun and the spirit will survive resilient as the soil. - Dennis Brutus 1978 ”Love; the Struggle” Dennis Brutus, a visionary poet and courageous activist, was also a founding member of the SOIL advisory....
Dear Friends, The holiday season makes us particularly grateful for family, and that has certainly been the case with our SOIL family this month. Opportunities to support one another have abounded - from our Cap-Haitien team moving to their new office to the Port-au-Prince staff pitching in at the....
Dear Friends, The harvest is always an exciting time, when months of hard work and attentive care finally pay off. This month we're excited to share with you just a few of the ways that we've recently seen SOIL's work bear fruit. With love from Haiti, SOIL Food Security in Haiti These gorgeous "....
Dear Friends, This week SOIL reached an exciting benchmark: we've sold over 70,000 gallons compost. Marketed under the brandname "Konpòs Lakay," SOIL sells the compost produced at our composting waste treatment facilities to farmers, businesses, and organizations around Haiti. Our biggest customer....
Dear Friends, September has been a month of sweltering days, cool rains, and non-stop activity at SOIL. We have been busy running mobile toilets at festivals, constructing our new office, holding workshops, and, as always, transforming poop into beautiful soil. While we usually look at our work in....
Dear Friends, Ecological sanitation (EcoSan) is a new concept in Haiti (first introduced by SOIL in 2006), but it has caught on quickly. This is partly because of the technology’s unique suitability to a country with almost no sanitation infrastructure, limited funding for expensive sanitation....
Dear Friends, Over the years SOIL has evolved into a humanitarian organization that focuses on sustainable social business solutions. Although we’re still in the early stages of experimentation, we believe we’re on the cusp of identifying low-cost toilet models and waste treatment options that do....
Dear Friends, First and foremost we want to thank you for helping us to replace the Port-au-Prince Poopmobile. This was our most successful fundraising campaign to date, and we were inspired and humbled by your generosity and belief in our work. The new Poopmobile started making its first rounds....
Dear Friends, Day after day our agronomists bring in epic harvests of spinach, beets, sorghum, yams, and other vegetables, and people are starting to take note of the positive impact that EcoSan compost has on production yields. On the compost supply side, our hearts are rich with stories from SOIL....
