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P.O. Box 613, Kloof, 3640

Kwazulu Natal

Durban, South Africa

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LifeStraw® Portable, Instant Microbiological, Personal, Water Purifier

The Lifestraw is a point-of-use personal water filter that removes 99.9999% of all bacteria, 99.99% of all viruses, and 99.9% of all parasites that cause waterborne disease and diarrhoea.

• More than one billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water - i.e. around 1/6th of the world's population.   (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
• The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 km.
  (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
• The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of your airport luggage allowance.
  (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
• The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of your airport luggage allowance.
  (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)
• Diarrhoea kills over 1.8 million people per year and chronic diarrhoea is a leading killer of people with AIDS.
  (Source: World Health Organization)
• In Africa, diarrhoea is four times more common among children with HIV and seven times more common among adults with HIV than their HIV-negative household members. (Source: Mermin J, et al)
• Diarrhoea affects up to 90% of HIV patients.
  (Source: Bartlett JG, et al)
• Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children.
  (Source: PEPFAR)
• "In a study among HIV-infected persons in Uganda, use of safe water decreased diarrhoeal illness by 36 percent".
  (The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)

Did You Know?

• LifeStraw® Personal has been referred to as 'One of the Ten Things that will Change the Way We Live´ by Forbes Magazine     

• LifeStraw® Family delivers water as per EPA guidelines for microbiological water purifiers

• "LifeStraw is a very simple and elegant solution to a problem that kills millions of people. Let's get it out there," commented musician and humanitarian Peter Gabriel.

• February 2008, LifeStraw Personal receives the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas in New York.

• LifeStraw Personal and LifeStraw Family are both point-of-use water filters - truly unique offerings from Vestergaard Frandsen that address the concerns for affordably obtaining safe drinking water at home and outside.

• Offers easy access to safe drinking water away from home.

• Filters a minimum of 700 litres of water

• Kills and removes 99.999% of waterborne bacteria.

• Kills and removes 99% of waterborne viruses

• Removes particles down to 15 microns.

• Requires no electrical power or spare parts for the life time of the straw

• Easy to mass-distribute in areas where drinking water is contaminated

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• Empowering people with homemade drinking water.

• Filters a minimum of 15,000 litres of water - provides safe drinking water for a family for more
  than 2 years (calculated approximately on a family's consumption of 20 litres water/day)

• Has a high flow rate.

• Removes minimum 99.9999% of all bacteria.

• Removes minimum 99.99% of all viruses
  Removes minimum 99.9% of all parasites.

• Works even on highly turbid water.

• Complies with EPA guidelines for microbiological water purifiers

• No electrical power or batteries required.

• No spare parts required for the lifetime of the product.

• No running water required.

• Easy-to-clean pre-filter as well as purifier cartridge.

• Easy-to-ship, carry and store.

LifeStraw®Personal:     R   100.00 each Single unit - Available

LifeStraw®Family:        R   395.00 each (Single unit - unavailable until late 2011

Prices are volume related