Overview

Suffering from avoidable health problems has become a tragic way of life in developing countries. Millions of people are challenged by the burden of infectious disease, malnutrition, and health complications simply because they do not have access to clean drinking water. Together with our guests, AKP is working toward eliminating these problems in Kenya, among Maasai children — a demographic whose health inequalities continue to be persistent and pervasive.

In 2017, AKP started the Safe Water for Schools Initiative to introduce sustainable, non-invasive means to acquire clean water for Maasai students.  The program brings the LifeStraw community filter, a high-volume water purifier designed to deliver safe drinking water, to schools in the Masai Mara. The filter’s hollow fiber purification technology converts contaminated water into safe drinking water by removing a minimum of 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.999% of viruses and 99.99% of protozoan parasites. It prevents waterborne diseases common in Africa, such as diarrhea, typhoid, cholera, worms, and cryptosporidiosis. To date, AKP has delivered clean drinking water to more than 16,000 Maasai students.