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February 16th 2012
Bonjou tout moun (Good morning everyone), Well this last week was filled with visits to other projects around town - it was great to see what else is going on out there. So here's a recap (and the pictures are in order): Sineyas After-School and Garden Program: This is a project of Give Love (SOIL's sister humanure org.). GL built several toilets for little kids to go along wi ... read more

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The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispan... ... read more

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Monika Roy

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I'm now working here in Haiti with an organization that I started volunteering with called SOIL - Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (http://www.oursoil.org). SOIL works to empower the community on dealing with sanitation issues from a holistic perspective. Traditional sanitation systems are not only scarce, but a challenge here as water and piping infrastructure barely exist. We have dry toilets set up in various communities and camps from the earthquake, and collect the toilet material to process at a composting site. The diverted urine is diluted and used to fertilize gardens and th... full info

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