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IN THE PAST 6 YEARS SOIL HAS:
1. DEVELOPED A STRONG NETWORK OF TRUST WITH GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND ACADEMICS BOTH IN HAITI AND ABROAD.
2. BUILT AN ORGANIZATION FROM THE GROUND UP IN 2 LOCATIONS IN HAITI, CAP HAITIEN AND PORT AU PRINCE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
3. SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3 INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS WHERE LOCAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS BRAINSTORM, DEVELOP, PROMOTE, AND EVALUATE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL PROBLEMS.
4. BUILT 57 PUBLIC COMPOSTING TOILETS IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT HAITI'S RURAL AREAS THAT SERVE APPROXIMATELY 5000 PEOPLE WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE NO ACCESS TO TOILETS.
5. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OXFAM, BUILT 200 TOILETS IN 31 CAMPS THROUGHOUT PORT AU PRINCE SERVING 20,000 PEOPLE.
6. WORKED WITH HAITIAN COMMUNITY LEADERS ON RELIEF EFFORTS IN PORT AU PRINCE AFTER THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE.
7. HELD EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS ON ECOLOGICAL SANITATION IN EACH COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE HAVE BUILT A TOILET.
8. YIELDED MORE THAN 100,000 GALLONS (400,000 LITERS) OF COMPOST, SOME OF WHICH IS ALREADY BEING APPLIED TO EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS AND CROPS.
9. EMPLOYED MORE THAN 50 LOCAL HAITIAN RESIDENTS, SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.
10. HELPED TO DEVELOP A BRIDGE OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ACADEMICS AND ACTIVISTS FROM THE US AND COMMUNITIES IN HAITI, A KEY FACTOR IN HEALING THE HISTORICAL WOUNDS OF COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY THAT CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE MAJORITY OF HAITIANS WHO ARE LIVING IN ISOLATED POVERTY AND ARE TOO OFTEN MISREPRESENTED BY THE MEDIA.
11. BEEN RECOGNIZED BY NUMEROUS MAIN MEDIA OUTLETS INCLUDING NEW YORK TIMES, HUFFINGTON POST, LA TIMES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, SIERRA MAGAZINE, ONEARTH, AOL NEWS AND MORE. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR LINKS TO MANY OF THESE ARTICLES.
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