OUR HISTORY The award-winning portable LifeStraw® personal water filter evolves from the Guinea worm filter. It removes bacteria and parasites, the main causes of waterborne illness.
The LifeStraw® Carbon for Water campaign uses carbon financing to provide 4 million people in Kenya with sustainable access to safe drinking water.
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LifeStraw begins working with The Carter Center, creating a simple mesh filter to remove Guinea worm from drinking water.
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LifeStraw’s parent company, Vestergaard, builds and finances the Emusanda Health Center to ensure access to health services, including HIV/ AIDS treatment.
HOW IT STARTED LifeStraw was built on a partnership that started over 25 years ago with The Carter Center as a collective effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease by designing a simple mesh filter that removes the parasite from drinking water. This partnership eventually led to the development of the personal LifeStraw in 2005, which addresses a broader range of water contaminants including bacteria, parasites and microplastics. LifeStraw has continued to innovate its technology and product portfolio to address a diversity of water quality needs across the globe including the removal of viruses, heavy metals such as lead, chemicals and other emerging contaminants that impact people in every country.
LifeStraw Responsibility Report 2020
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