Virridy has partnered with LifeStraw to expand its school-based safe water initiative in Kenya, integrating carbon finance for long-term sustainability. The program scales LifeStraw's established "Give Back" model to reach up to 4,500 schools and over two million students within two decades.
Each participating school receives a LifeStraw Community Filter—a gravity-fed purifier designed for institutional settings—along with hygiene education programming, staff training, safe water storage infrastructure, filter maintenance, and ongoing water quality testing.
The program reduces reliance on firewood and charcoal for water boiling, decreasing deforestation rates, indoor air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions while providing consistent access to microbiologically safe drinking water.