Humanitarian support and disaster preparedness

HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT

Humanitarian and disaster response has been at the centre of LifeSaver since its inception following the two catastrophic disasters of the Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004) and Hurricane Katrina , New Orleans (2005).

Since then, LifeSaver with our wide range of portable, light, robust and versatile water purification products, have been supporting NGO’s and humanitarian organisations such Oxfam and UK Aid, to respond to many global crises by providing immediate access to safe drinking water.

The two LifeSaver products which deliver the most impact in the quickest amount of time are the LifeSaver Cube and the LifeSaver Jerrycan, both of which can easily be deployed by air. We securely pack them x180 and x72 per pallet, respectively. If you are looking for a humanitarian solution we offer our products to charities and aid organisations at huge discounts - get in touch to find out more.

Child in Africa filling a bottle with water from a LifeSaver C1

Our Mission

LifeSaver water purifiers can make a huge difference to the lives of the 663 million people currently without access to safe drinking water. In an emergency, LifeSaver water filtration technology helps keep people alive in the critical hours and days following a natural or human-led disaster. Our water purifiers enhance aid efforts by providing people with the means to produce their own safe drinking water, at the point of use. LifeSaver water filtration revolutionises the provision of aid deployment through utilising a more cost effective, timely and sustainable solution – that is effective far beyond the initial deployment.

LifeSaver water purifiers also provide an effective long-term clean water solution, both for humanitarian staff to ensure they are always with clean drinking water in the field and for beneficiaries in need of a household water filtration solution.

A recent case study in Sierra Leone, West Africa saw LifeSaver work alongside DFID (UK Aid) and the Ministry of Health and Water to provide a community with a LifeSaver C2. Our large C2 units produce up to 2 million litres of clean water, which would provide a community of 100 people with clean drinking water for up to 18 years.

Most recently 2,300 of our LifeSaver Cubes have been sent to Indonesia to aid the relief effort following a spate of earthquakes and a catastrophic tsunami. You can read more about this on our News page here.

A mosaic of photos showing yellow humanitarian LifeSaver Jerrycans in an African village

Children queuing for a cup of purified water from a yellow jerrycan

Portable Water Purification

LifeSaver offers a wide range of portable water purification solutions that remove 99.99% of all contaminants including viruses, bacteria, cysts, parasites and microplastics. Our solutions are trusted and used worldwide by many recognised Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) including Oxfam, Save The Children and UK Aid along with Government departments such as the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The LifeSaver Jerrycan and LifeSaver Cube are capable of purifying 20,000 litres and 5,000 litres respectively of pure water. They are robust, simple to install and use without the needs for chemicals or electricity. Fill. Pump. Drink.

Large Scale Water Purification

The LifeSaver C2 is a 750 litre tank that can be linked to a header tank or rainwater harvesting tank to deliver up to 1 million litres of pure water via a pair of domestic taps. The C2 is ideal for remote communities. The LifeSaver C1 is a simpler solution that can be linked directly to a header tank or other water source and produces up to 500,000 litres of pure water. Multiple C1's can even be arranged as a 'daisy chain' to provide an extensive pure water delivery solution with multiple taps.