Lifestraw

Safe drinking water wherever you go? Lifestraw is a personal, mobile water purification tool designed to turn most of the surface water into drinking water offering relief from waterborne diseases of major public concern such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery and diarrhea. Headquartered in Switzerland, the Vestergaard Frandsen Group was founded in Denmark in 1957 and spends most of it’s time in complex emergency responses and disease control textiles with operations worldwide. Besides Lifestraw, VesterGaard can also provide plastic sheeting for Malaria prevention and durable insecticidal mosquito nets for complex emergencies. The device has a lifetime of 700 litres or up to 1 year.

This is one of my favorite products out there because it's simple, user-friendly and addresses the urgent need of clean, potable drinking water. Right now the product is only available for institutional purchases but the company appears to want to provide to consumers in the future. You can make a donation to provide Lifestraw to crisis locations around the world through various non-profit organizations and you can also apply to become a distributor of the product.