Magic Straws for Flood-Affected Communities

After devastating floods struck Rio Grande do Sul, WATERisLIFE joined forces with Greenpeace and local partners to provide urgent access to safe drinking water in the hardest-hit areas. In Caxias do Sul, 5,000 Magic Straw filters and 350 household ultrafiltration bucket filters were distributed, prioritizing Indigenous communities, displaced families, and schools.

The intervention directly benefited 6,750 people—more than 5,000 of them children—helping address a dire public health situation where over half the population had reported illness linked to contaminated water.