Half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne disease, and nearly 6,000 people - mainly children - die each day by consuming unsafe drinking water.
Visit this informative website to learn more:
http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw.htm
LifeStraw® water purifiers have been developed as a practical way of preventing disease and saving lives, as well as achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water by the year 2015.
LifeStraw® Personal and LifeStraw® Family are complimentary point-of-use water filters that will help people obtain safe drinking water at home and outside.
LifeStraw® Personal has been referred to as 'One of the Ten Things that will Change the Way We Live´ by Forbes Magazine
In fact, Vestergaard Frandsen is committed to saving lives from easily preventable diseases. They are proud to offer various solutions for diseases that claim many lives everyday. See list here: http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/targeted-disease.htm
The LifeStraw® Family is only $15 dollars and can be used for 10-15,000 Liters, which is approximately one year’s drinking water for a family of five. Donations can be made here http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw-p-donations.htm
$15 isn't that much to me. If I went without one personal item, it would probably cover this cost. Yet that same $15 may make a life or death difference to someone in need of this invention!
I'm buying ONE LIFESTRAW today, and challenge myself to do this every month. Every little bit counts!
