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SOIL Haiti Services
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Lifesaving Sanitation Access Services
If you’re one of the 3.3 million people living in urban Haiti who does not have a toilet, you have very few options available to you. Haitian cities, like many rapidly growing urban areas globally, have no sewer system. Pit latrines are expensive to construct and susceptible to flooding. Flush toilets are even more expensive in that they require a steady supply of running water and a costly septic tank. Also, neither of these options includes waste treatment. Given this context, it’s not a surprise that Haiti recently battled one of the largest cholera epidemics in modern global history and continues to deal with the ongoing public health threat today.
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Public Toilets Services
As we work to grow our household EkoLakay service, we hold on to a vision of a world where access to improved sanitation is available for everybody. With this vision in mind, SOIL also provides and manages a public sanitation block in the busy central market of Cap-Haitien. Installing public toilets in the market center has been an incredibly impactful initiative for SOIL, as we have been able to provide this critical service and fill the sanitation gap ...