There may not be an EPA here in Haiti, but we are doing our best to reuse and recycle. We cannot purchase pressure-treated lumber here. So in our Gabion houses, we treat the wood with used motor oil. This process helps keep the spent oil out of the soil while protecting the wood from rot. The black wood you see here has been treated with the used oil.

We are building many Gabion houses here in the mountains of south Haiti. The logistics are complex. We are hiring local labor, using local materials, and using techniques like the used motor oil to help protect the wood and the beautiful Haitian landscape. Please pray for this effort. It is a big undertaking.

Jesse Ostrander