Fatra Pa Egziste

Community Technology Centers

Community Technology Centers are decentralized meeting places that empower people to engage in creative problem solving. They work to develop, investigate, promote, and evaluate simple technologies for improving health, protecting the environment, and encouraging economic independence. SOIL currently supports 3 technology centers in Borgne, Milot and Shada.

SOIL launched a kids contest in Northern Haiti called “Fatra Pa Egziste” (garbage does not exist). Participants are asked to find something that someone else has thrown away and transform it into something beautiful or useful. The contest was launched in November 2007 in Shada, an impoverished urban community in Northern Haiti.

Transforming Resources: Environmental Health