Created from the desire to provide a child in Africa with a year of clean drinking water at a really low cost, Lifestraw is a mission-based company committed to revolutionizing the safe drinking water space through innovative technology, product quality, and design. In doing so, Lifestraw is driving sustainable access to safe drinking water by engaging governments, donors, and individual consumers to understand the problem and become an active part of the solution.

Today, more than 50% of schools around the world do not have access to clean drinking water. As a result, more than 2.5 million kids around the world are forced to miss school due to waterborne illnesses.

Addressing the problem of contaminated water, is not only closely tied to education, but is having a direct impact on the amount of schools opening and closing every year. This problem is preventable.

It all started in 1994, when Lifestraw's parent company Vestergaard developed a filter that could remove the Guinea worm larvae from water it was contaminating. Today, more than 37 million Lifestraw Guinea Worm filters have contributed to the near eradication of the disease.

Inspired by the impact of the Guinea Worm Filter, Lifestraw set its sights on developing a product that could filter out virtually all of the microbiological contaminants that make water unsafe to drink. The result, was an award-winning personal straw-like filter that has since become Lifestraw's flagship product, the Lifestraw Personal Water Filter. The Lifestraw Personal Walter filter filters our 99.999% of waterborne bacteria such as E.coli as well as 99.9% of protozoa bacteria such as Giardia, Cryptosporidium without the use of chemicals, batteries, or any moving parts.

Launched in 2014, The Lifestraw Follow The Leaders program was created to use a portion of every sale towards the purchase of Lifestraw Community purifiers which are distributed to schools in developing communities. As a result, each and every purchase provides one school child in a developing community with safe drinking water for an entire year.

Today, Lifestraw continues its mission to eradicate the world of contaminated water and is actively involved in water projects in more than 64 countries across the world, and providing safe drinking water to over a million+ children across the world.

You can make an impact. For every Lifestraw filter you purchase, a child will be provided with safe drinking water for an entire school year.