Publication: Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation: SOIL in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Date
2019-02-14
ISSN
Published
2019-02-14
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This study focuses on Sustainable
Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), a U.S.-based
nongovernmental organization (NGO), and its operations
mostly in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and to a lesser extent in
Port-au-Prince. SOIL, through its container-based program
known as EkoLakay, operates mainly in the eastern part of
Cap-Haitien in low-income areas characterized by a high
population density, irregular alley layout, and higher
exposure to floods (compared to the rest of the city). SOIL
provides full-cycle ecological sanitation, where excreta is
treated and transformed into compost, benefiting
agricultural projects and development. SOIL is the only
service provider in Cap-Haitien (and in Haiti at large) able
to manage a sanitation system that covers the whole
sanitation service chain, and customers expressed
satisfaction with the toilet technology. While affordability
is a key issue for customers and non-customers, the user fee
is unlikely to cover all costs of the sanitation service,
which includes excreta treatment and transformation. SOIL
intends to transfer implementation and scale-up of its CBS
business models to the public and private sectors in Haiti,
making replicability and scalability key for their business
model. To meet its ambitious target number of customers in
Cap-Haitien and Port-au-Prince, SOIL will need to continue
to influence the institutional environment, along with other
organizations and donors in the sector.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation; Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation : SOIL in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31295 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”