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Enpak Done: Asosye Rechèch SOIL sou Elajisman Sanitasyon nan Okap

Sèvis sanitasyon EkoLakay SOIL la toujou gen baz sou prèv syantifik ak rechèch, epi nan kè ekip rechèch nou an genyen asosye Bridj Ozeris ak Miselie Fanor Pierre . Tou de mete anpil tan ak pasyon nan ede ekip operasyon nou an amelyore sèvis EkoLakay la, e nou te chita ansanm avèk yo nan biwo SOIL....

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Data-Driven Impact: A Conversation with SOIL’s Research Associates

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....

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Welcoming Maya Lubeck-Schricker as SOIL's Research Director

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....

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Optimizing the Composting Process: Research Updates from Port-au-Prince

Feature photo credit: Gavin McNicol Gavin McNicol, who has long been active in SOIL’s research partnership with Dr. Rebecca Ryals, had the opportunity to visit us at SOIL’s composting waste treatment site just outside of Haiti’s capital city in earlier this year. In 2016, Gavin joined Dr. Ryals....

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Scaling Up a Household Toilet Service – One Neighborhood at a Time

(Photo credit: Monica Wise) Over 2.5 billion people globally currently lack access to sanitation. As a heartbreaking result, over 2,200 children under the age of five die every day from preventable diarrheal diseases. Despite billions of dollars spent on sanitation interventions, the global....

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Increasing Frugality in an Already Frugal Organization

It’s only May, but SOIL is already planning out the strategy for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, which starts August 1st. As the Marketing and Sales Advisor in SOIL, I’ve been involved in the strategy planning for EkoLakay (SOIL’s household toilet service), EkoMobil (SOIL’s mobile toilet service), and....

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Breaking Down All the Costs

As SOIL works to expand and continually improve our household toilet service, EkoLakay, we are constantly evaluating and reassessing our costs. To do this successfully, we need to have a detailed breakdown of what our costs are –how much we’re spending, what we’re spending money on, and what each....

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New Beginnings: SOIL's New Compost Site in Port-au-Prince

Regular readers of SOIL's blog may remember that we committed to transforming our composting site at the municipal waste dump in Truitier into a green oasis. Just over one year after starting operations in Truitier, we had made significant progress on this transformation and updated all of you with....

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The Sanitation Saleswoman

Algate Joseph has been part of the SOIL team since 2012. She originally had a 1-month trial contract, which turned into years of dedicated contribution to SOIL’s mission. Because of her positive energy, tireless commitment to community engagement and education, and increased responsibility in the....

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Don't Take my Picture

Don't Take My Picture

“Don’t take my picture!” This was a phrase that I heard over and over while working on a case study video for SOIL with the New-York based filmmaker Monica Wise. Although this was Monica’s first trip to Haiti, she is both an experienced traveler and fearless behind the camera, spending hours at SOIL....

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