Safe water is the first priority in relief situations. Operation Blessing deployed two different Katadyn solutions to the camp in Columbia to ensure that the hydration needs of the refugees were met.   Project Description The political and economic catastrophe in Venezuela has caused millions of Venezuelans to flee the country in what is being referred to as the worst refugee crisis ever to take place in Latin America. Many of the refugees crossing the Venezuela-Colombia border have been chronically deprived of food, clean water and medical care. Operation Blessing has responded to this humanitarian emergency by setting up camps in the remote...

Katadyn delivered a customized version of the smallest manually operated desalinator in the world, the Katadyn Survivor 06 Titan, to the German Air Force.  Project DescriptionKatadyn delivered a customized version of the smallest manually operated desalinator in the world, the Katadyn Survivor 06 Titan, to the German Air Force. It is used for the following purposes:Equipment on life rafts on transport and reconaissance planes (Transall & AWACs)Equipment on life rafts on helicopters (MH 90, CH53)Backup desalinator and fi lter unit for Army Special ForcesLife rafts on board these planes and helicopters are designed for either 6 or 20 people....

Katadyn BeFree 3L Filters deployed by first responders to the people of Puerto Rico after the category 4 hurricaness ¨Irma¨ and ¨Maria¨ largely destroyed the regions infrastructure.     Project Overview In response to the devastating effects of the hurricanes ¨Irma¨ and ¨Maria¨ in Puerto Rico, World Hope sent relief supplies for distribution to people in an urgent operation to the capital city San Juan. As the fresh water infrastructure was destroyed in the area, the objective of the intervention was, amongst others, to distribute both water filters as well as sanitation kits to the Puerto Ricans. It was vital to the people in...

120 families in off-grid and remote villages have been given Katadyn Drip Filters to provide clean water.     Product Description The village of Ban Bo Ong is located on the Khao Laem reservoir, about 110 km north-west of Bangkok on the Burmese border. The village is a settlement consisting of around 400 homes scattered about on the west bank of the reservoir. The reservoir that was created in the 80s cuts the village off from civilization. There are no access roads, no electricity and no communication. The villagers get their water either from the lake or by collecting rainwater in drums. Both sources...

World Hope International delivered humanitarian aid and trained local technicians on Spectra Aquifer 360 Watermakers in the wake of Hurricane Iota.OverviewWorld Hope International delivered humanitarian aid and trained local technicians on Spectra Aquifer 360 Watermakers in the wake of Hurricane Iota. These Aquifer 360 units remained on the island, producing freshwater while a permanent Spectra landbased desalination solution could be installed.Project DetailsHurricane Iota impacted much of the Caribbean and Central America in late 2020, making landfall as a Category 5 storm on November 16th, 2020. The small Colombian Island of Santa Catalina was severely impacted by Hurricane Iota. 98% of...