Safe Water for South Sudan

Help us provide safe drinking water to families with acutely malnourished infants and young children in South Sudan.

South Sudan is on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Four consecutive years of flooding have left two-thirds of the country under water. The country is prone to seasonal flooding, but nothing of this magnitude has ever been recorded.

The floods have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, killed millions of livestock and destroyed thousands of acres of crops. Now, more than 1 million people are facing severe food insecurity and one in five children is severely malnourished.

Compounding the food insecurity, most WASH infrastructure, including latrines and boreholes, have been submerged, contaminating water sources and risking disease outbreaks. Malnourished children are especially vulnerable to waterborne diseases.

LifeStraw is working with nonprofit partner Alaska Health Project South Sudan, to provide lifesaving LifeStraw purifiers to families of acutely malnourished infants and children.

100% of donated funds go toward the cost of products and distribution of supplies. Vestergaard Frandsen, Inc. (d/b/a “LifeStraw”) does not profit from your donation.

LifeStraw’s Safe Water Fund operates through a fiscal sponsorship with Players Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178). Contributions to LifeStraw’s Safe Water Fund are tax-deductible.