For the past few years, Traverse City Rotary has supported the non-profit SOIL, in Haiti, through the World Community Services Committee. SOIL focuses on composting human waste into usable compost. They recently released their annual report and the program is seeing tremendous success. In the past year, nearly 6,000 Haitians accessed SOIL EcoSan toilets through SOIL's social business pilot program. Through this program over 84 metric tons of compost was sold for agricultural and reforestation efforts across Haiti. The sale of the compost has not only helped needy local families who are working towards a better life, but also allowed SOIL to offer education programs and resources to more than 1,000 Haitians. While TC Rotary is one of many donors SOIL was sure to thank us in their annual report because, without our support, they would not be able to positively affect so many lives.
