Across three days of keynotes, panels, and technical sessions, the 2nd International Conference on Non-Sewered Sanitation kept returning to one core reframe: non-sewered sanitation (NSS) is no longer a debate about whether it’s legitimate — it’s now about how to make it affordable and scale it....
Last week, SOIL marked its 20th anniversary with a series of events honoring our staff and community members. This included a fabulous "Dine en Vèt" (Dinner in Green) at Lakay Restaurant, attended by our colleagues, clients, and partners to commemorate everyone who has poured their love and....
Last night, SOIL partnered with Pilot House to host a special gathering honoring Mme. Edwige Petit , Coordinator General of DINEPA, for her tireless commitment to strengthening public services in Haiti. The evening centered on a thoughtful conversation about how nonprofits and civil servants can....
This week, SOIL's Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, joined sanitation experts from across the globe in the Dominican Republic for the 2026 LatinoSan Forum , hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) . Discussions centered on the ways that development banks, private service providers....
This week, SOIL’s Human Resources Director, Wisner Jean Louis, traveled from Cap-Haïtien to Madrid to participate in the 2026 Global Water Summit from May 18 - 20 , where leaders from utilities, development banks, governments, and the private sector gathered to discuss the future of global water....
Happy Haitian Flag Day! Celebrated each year on May 18, this day commemorates the birth of the Haitian flag and the revolutionary spirit it came to represent. In 1803, as Haiti fought for independence from French colonial rule, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the white stripe to be removed from the....
What does it take to expand safe sanitation to the most vulnerable communities? Before we can answer that question, we need to understand where people stand today — who has access, who doesn't, and what's getting in the way. For SOIL, this kind of baseline knowledge isn't just academic. It's the....
Providing safe sanitation doesn't end when a toilet container is collected from a household. What happens to the waste afterward matters just as much. For SOIL, the transformation of human waste into nutrient-rich compost is a core part of our model — one that turns a public health challenge into an....
On Saturday, May 2, 2026, a city-wide clean-up effort was organized by the municipality of Cap-Haïtien along the boulevard. To support the initiative, SOIL donated four wheelbarrows, four rakes, and four shovels to community members participating in the event. The clean-up was held as part of Samdi....
Courtesy Visit of DINEPA Director General Ing. Théophil OSTINVIL to SOIL/EkoLakay, Cap-Haïtien Cap-Haïtien — March 21, 2026 On the eve of World Water Day, DINEPA Director General Ing. Théophil OSTINVIL came to Cap-Haïtien to visit SOIL's facilities and meet with SOIL's Executive Director Sasha....
