LIFESTRAW 1. When most people see these pictures for the first time‚ one of the first things that they think is “what the heck are these people doing?” Whereas someone in one of these third world countries would instantly think “why the heck haven’t I gotten my hands on one of these”. What is being used to drink water out of these filthy streams and rivers in these pictures above is a lifestraw. The pictures are pretty graphic‚ but sometimes it takes a picture like this to get you to really
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efficient‚ causing economic growth all over the world. Sanitation illnesses kill one million people per year. There are many helpful inventions such as the Lifestraw to help with the problem. The Lifestraw is extremely helpful‚ although this is true‚ it doesn’t give back the needed nutrients that are needed. The in spite of the Lifestraw being a great invention‚ the ______ will filter dirty water and give needed nutrition back to the body.All around the world many lack clean‚ drinkable water‚ and
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Contents The LifeStraw® Concept Drinking Water Crisis The Link between Diarrhoea and HIV The Health Impact of Water Filtration LifeStraw® Family – Product Features LifeStraw® Family – Functioning LifeStraw® Family – Usage LifeStraw® Family – Comparison to other Point-of-Use Interventions for Safe Drinking Water LifeStraw® Family – Microbiological Performance LifeStraw® Family – Health Impact LifeStraw® Family – Durability LifeStraw® Family – Customer Acceptability LifeStraw® Family – Certificate
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I. INTRODUCTION OF THE LIFESTRAW WATER PURIFIER A. Product benefits for the consumers (IRIN‚ 2008; Frandsen‚ 2013) 1. The product can filter at least 264 gallons of water 2. Reduce water turbidity with 0.2 micros 3. Remove 99.9% waterborne bacteria 4. Remove 99.9% protozoan cysts 5. Remove 98.7% waterborne viruses 6. Easy to carry and use B. Production cost is $4 per unit (IRIN 2008) C. Product targeting consumers 1. The primary targeting group is poor to high middle class people who live
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Though everyone needs water‚ not everyone can get clean water. Haiti has the worst water treatment in the Western Hemisphere (¨Water¨). The water in Haiti is riddled with Cholera and Typhoid however‚ the water treatment can be improved by sending LifeStraw Missions to the people of Haiti. Problem Cholera is a disease that is not hard for residents in Haiti to catch because of the poor water treatment. It is a disease caused by a bacteria called Vibrio Cholerae that´s found in water and food that
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Jenny Pham Ineida Soares Olivia Keynon Title: LifeStraw Family Pack 1.0 I. Introduction a. Within Africa‚ Ghana has grown much attention to the LifeStraw Family Pack 1.0 because of its lack of clean water‚ waterborne illnesses‚ and interesting liability for the population. II. Product Profile (Olivia) III. Country Culture Profile (Olivia) IV. Country Risk Assessment (Jenny) a. Political Assessment within the last 5 years i. Terrorism Travelers ii. Nationalization Incidences Health system iii
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built-in water filtration system is necessary for times when the water supply has run low and you’ve run out of clean water sources. It is often not possible to know what water is clean when drinking it‚ so something like the LifeStraw Go Water Bottle with Integrated 1000-Liter LifeStraw Filter is ideal to filter out impurities. 5. Signaling Equipment You never expect to get separated from a group on a wilderness expedition or to get injured and unable to walk back to safety‚ but it can happen when you
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bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Running tap water to cool it off for drinking water is wasteful. Store drinking water in the fridge in a safe drinking bottle. If you are filling water bottles to bring along on outdoor hikes‚ consider buying a LifeStraw personal water filter which enables users to drink water safely from rivers or lakes or any available body of water. Laundry Adjust the water level on the machine so it is appropriate for the size of the load. Try to wash only
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(Due Sat. 11/8) Banksy (Due Sat. 11/8) Athletes Jackie Robinson (Due Sat. 11/15) Muhammad Ali (Due Sat. 11/15) Business Leaders Henry Ford (Due Sat. 11/15) Bill Gates (Due Sat. 11/15) The Wright Brothers (Due Sat. 11/15) Technology LifeStraw (Due Sat. 11/22) Dynamite (Alfred Nobel) (Due Sat. 11/22) Psychology Stanley Milgram (Due Sat. 11/22) Philip Zimbardo (Due Sat. 11/22) Literary Things Fall Apart (Due Sat. 11/29) Huckleberry Finn (Due Sat. 11/29) 1984 (Due Sat
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Innovation Innovation is the conversion of new knowledge into new products and services. Innovation is the process of making changes‚ large and small‚ radical and incremental‚ to products‚ processes‚ and services that results in the introduction of something new for the organization that adds value to customers and contributes to the knowledge store of the organization. It is the ability to apply solutions to problems and opportunities to enhance or to enrich people’s lives. Innovation is a process
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