Turning Waste into Resources in Haiti

Author

Alexis Barnes

Graduation Date

12-31-2014

Subject Concentration

International

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

Sanitation infrastructure in Haiti is an ongoing problem- one that only exacerbated a massive cholera epidemic brought to the country by Nepalese United Nations peacekeeping troops. SOIL is an NGO that works in alternative sanitation- using "urine-diverting dry toilets" to turn waste into a fertile resource. In my capstone, I explore the potential for alternative sanitation in Haiti, how it works and what internal and external political and economic factors lead to the current state of water and sanitation infrastructure in the country.

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Recommended Citation

Barnes, Alexis, "Turning Waste into Resources in Haiti" (2014). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/41