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- EIN 20-8195963
- (860) 748-1281
- 5015 Madison Ave Unit 202 Sacramento CA 95841-5600 USA
- www.oursoil.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Food, Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Mission: Sustainable organic integrated livelihoods soil promotes dignity, health, and sustainable livelihoods through transformation of wastes into resources.
Programs: Ecological sanitation-soil has developed a container-based sanitation cbs system to provide impoverished communities in dense urban areas in haiti with access to dignified, safe, and affordable toilets. Soils sanitation services are primarily directed to households through their ekolakay program, however they also operate three free public toilets as a humanitarian service and they rent portable toilets for events and short-term needs.
composting of human waste-soil has established composting waste treatment sites outside of the two urban areas served by their cbs toilets. At these sites the human waste is safely converted into nutrient rich compost that can be used to enhance the soil in agricultural and reforestation applications.
education-soil conducts education and outreach programs designed to support others in replicating their work. As a part of this effort, soil has organized educational consultation activities and workshops for other organizations, the haitian government, and various international entities. . Soil is committed to transparently sharing their research so that their work in haiti can be adapted in vulnerable urban communities worldwide.