Improved Sanitation protects and saves lives

Since 2006, SOIL has been transforming wastes into resources in Haiti. By offering a container based toilet and composting waste treatment, SOIL is working to create a revolutionary social business model for providing access to safe, dignified sanitation that produces rich, organic compost as a natural resource for Haiti's badly depleted soils, while also creating economic opportunties in some of the world's most under-resourced communities.

2,678

Households Provided with Safe Sanitation

16,068

Individuals Accessing Household Sanitation

225+ Tons

Compost Produced Each Year from Human Waste

 

Sanitation is a Basic Human Right

We know that sanitation is much more than just a toilet - it is safety and security, particularly for women and girls, it is a dignified solution for taking care of your most private hygienic needs, it is an essential component for protecting against public health crises, and, in our case, it means a commitment to regenerative and sustainable approaches to seemingly intractable problems.

 

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Family with Household Toilet
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Vic Hinterlang

 

 

We Can Create More Equitable & Resilient Futures Together

SOIL is building a model for sanitation services that ensures access to sanitation for everyone.  SOIL's flagship service, EkoLakay, provides dense, urban communities without access to safely-managed sanitation with container-based toilets, weekly waste collection and transformative waste treatment. Learn more about our service and impact.

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SOIL's houshold toilet system
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Lifesaving Sanitation Access

SOIL's container based sanitation (CBS) extends the human right of safe sanitation to the most vulnerable of households. Safely managed sanitation is critical for protecting the baseline health and dignity of communities. 

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container dump
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Waste Treatment & Transformation

Since building the first functioning waste treatment facility in Haiti in 2009, SOIL remains one of the largest waste treatment operations in the country today, treating and transforming over 650 metric tons of waste each year. 

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Waste Treatment staff
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Livelihood Opportunities

Over 90% of SOIL's staff are local to the neighborhoods we serve; creating critical job opportunities for the very communities where we work. SOIL is focused on meeting local needs while also supporting long-term economic development. 

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Climate Change Resilient

The impacts of climate change and the pressing need to find sustainable solutions to providing access to basic services that make our planet and people more resilient have helped to frame SOIL’s model.

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Be a part of the sanitation solution

Join us in investing in a more equitable future for everyone. Your donation provides critical access to in-home sanitation for families who have never previously had a toilet. You can be the difference.

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SOIL staff with client
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Vic Hinterlang

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Join our incredible network of monthly givers to make a sustained impact in Haiti today and every day. SOIL Cultivators provide critical operational support for our work every day of the year.

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Sanitation is Much more than a toilet.

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SOIL staff with family
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