LifeStraw® makes contaminated water safe

It's simple. Award-winning LifeStraw® water filters make water contaminated with bacteria and protozoa safe to drink. LifeStraw water purifiers also remove viruses. All LifeStraw® products are durable, lightweight, and require no electricity or batteries to operate.

Follow the Liters

For every LifeStraw® product you buy, one school child in a developing community receives safe drinking water for an entire school year.Follow the Liters to learn more.

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About LifeStraw®

LifeStraw® filters provide access to safe drinking water by converting microbiologically contaminated water into safe drinking water. Award-winning LifeStraw® technology was originally introduced in 2005 as an emergency response tool to filter water contaminated following natural disasters. Today, LifeStraw® is used in water filtration products globally. For more information visit www.vestergaard.com.

All LifeStraw® products are made of durable plastic, are easy to use, and require no electricity or batteries. Each product is designed for a specific situation where safe water is needed but not readily available.

• Personal LifeStraw® and the LifeStraw® Go refillable water bottle are ideal for use every day or for activities like traveling, sports, hiking and camping. They are also used by people displaced by natural disasters.
• LifeStraw® Family is used at campsites. It’s also the backbone of the LifeStraw®Carbon for Water program, the world's largest privately funded household water program, providing more than 4 million Kenyans with sustainable access to clean and safe drinking water.
• LifeStraw® Community was created exclusively for developing communities, for use in schools, health facilities, workplaces and community settings. It is used in Follow the Liters, our school-based program that provides safe drinking water to schools in developing communities with the goal of reducing absenteeism and improving child health.
• LifeStraw® Guinea Worm has been instrumental in the near eradication of Guinea worm disease.

Recognition & validation

LifeStraw® has been field tested in harsh environments and vigorously tested in the laboratory where it has exceeded US EPA requirements for household water treatments. LifeStraw® Family and Community also meet World Health Organization standards for the “Highly Protective” category of safe drinking water. The LifeStraw® personal water filter has received many awards since it was introduced in 2005. Time magazine named LifeStraw® the “Best Invention of 2005.” In 2008, it won the Saatchi and Saatchi Award for “World Changing Ideas”. Esquire called LifeStraw® the “Innovation of the Year,”Forbes stated that LifeStraw® is “one of the ten things that will change the way we live”. In 2014, LifeStraw® Go won a prestigious ISPO award for exceptional sporting goods.

About Vestergaard

All LifeStraw® products are developed by Vestergaard, an international company dedicated to improving the health of vulnerable people, most of whom live in developing countries. Vestergaard operates according to a humanitarian entrepreneurship business model, whereby doing good is good business. Following this model, the company devotes its innovative platform to producing breakthrough products and solutions for disadvantaged people.

Our game-changing solutions contribute to a healthier, more sustainable planet by fighting malaria, diarrheal diseases and neglected tropical diseases. In addition to manufacturing LifeStraw® products, Vestergaard is the largest producer of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets that prevent malaria under the PermaNet® brand. More than a billion PermaNet® bed nets have contributed to the reduction in deaths from malaria by more than one third. Vestergaard's ZeroFly® products produce advanced reduced residue defense against insect pests for livestock and crop protection. Additional company initiatives focus on HIV testing and climate mitigation.

Vestergaard is headquartered in Switzerland and has offices around the world where highly skilled staff members work with stakeholders to ensure global reach with local support. The company is proud to be a valued and trusted partner to governments, aid agencies, NGOs, faith-based groups and the private sector.