SOIL Launches the Household Toilet Project in Shada, Cap-Haitien Haiti
For those familiar with SOIL, the Household Toilet Project
probably doesn’t sound all that new. For years we’ve dreamed about a
social business model for providing household sanitation in Haiti, and
today we are happy to report that our dream has started to become a
reality! On October 30, 2012, SOIL and our partners at Re.Source
installed the first 25 private household toilets in the Shada
neighborhood of Cap-Haitien. The SOIL inauguration hosted yesterday was a
combination of celebration and logistics: families signed a contract
with SOIL, picked up their toilets, and participated in a SOIL training,
but they also sang, danced, and rejoiced with Regional Director Theo
Huitema. This dream has been a long time in the making!....(
more)
For those familiar with SOIL, the Household Toilet Project
probably doesn’t sound all that new. For years we’ve dreamed about a
social business model for providing household sanitation in Haiti, and
today we are happy to report that our dream has started to become a
reality! On October 30, 2012, SOIL and our partners at Re.Source
installed the first 25 private household toilets in the Shada
neighborhood of Cap-Haitien. The SOIL inauguration hosted yesterday was a
combination of celebration and logistics: families signed a contract
with SOIL, picked up their toilets, and participated in a SOIL training,
but they also sang, danced, and rejoiced with Regional Director Theo
Huitema. This dream has been a long time in the making!....(more)
