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LifeStraw Mid-Year 2020 Impact Report
Be Like Water The first half of 2020 has been [insert your own expletive]. Like the rest of the globe, our team at LifeStraw has had to adapt to a new way of life. We’ve had to be nimble and responsive to ever-changing local and global issues, and flexible and creative in the ways that we implement our impact work. But, LifeStraw prides itself on being a company that’s not afraid to take on a challenge, especially in the fight for good. So over the last 6 months our impact work has increased, because so has the need. Without our...
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COVID-19's exacerbation of water insecurity in low-resource communities
3 billion people lack the basic water and hand washing facilities in their homes to adequately protect themselves and their families against COVID-19. As the coronavirus crisis spreads throughout the world, it is increasingly clear that people with the least access to essential services like water are feeling the most acute effects of the pandemic. Major health organizations have made it clear that hand hygiene is a simple yet critical way to prevent the spread of the virus. Yet for the 3 billion people, 40% of the world’s population, who lack water and basic hand washing facilities in their homes,...
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We must stand against racism. We must stand together.
This is a moment in our history when the systemic racism in this country is on full display. George Floyd’s violent death at the hands of a Minnesota police officer is the most recent tragedy in a pattern of police brutality and violence against black men and black women - Ahmaud Arbery killed in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisville and we are less than a year from when Atatiana Jefferson was killed by a Fort Worth police officer in her own home. This all comes just a few weeks after the five-year anniversary of the homicide of Freddie Gray in...
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A perspective on responding to floods and cholera in western Kenya during the time of COVID-19
Weeks of heavy rains in Western, Kenya has caused death, displacement, flooding and landslides. More than 233,000 people have been affected and over 116,000 displaced. The heavy rainfall has increased the risk of disease outbreaks and hampered effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The LifeStraw Kenya team has been working tirelessly to respond to the crisis. So far, the team has distributed a total of 54 LifeStraw Community filters to 22 different locations where displaced families are sheltering.
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LifeStraw in the time of COVID-19
Updates on LifeStraw's response to the COVID-19 Outbreak. Descriptions of our global team's dedication to helping local communities and families.
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Going Beyond Safe Water: An experience with LifeStraw in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican border
In August, we worked with partners in the Secretaria de Salud to conduct an assessment – first obtaining a list of all the migrant centers in Juarez, the number of people they were housing, and the state of their drinking water.
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