Ken Surritte

Biography: A born adventurer, backpacker, rock climber, scuba diver, Ken and his wife Nita have been devoted to serving children and students since college, as educators, and also partners on a mission. After traveling to the Philippines and China, Ken found himself walking away from the security of a weekly paycheck and retirement benefits when he and his wife Nita began helping at risk children internationally. Ken and Nita have been traveling, inspiring, and encouraging each other to serve, working at orphanages in Asia, South America, and Africa. While working in an orphanage in Africa with the Turkana people group, Ken realized a true water need, and WATERisLIFE was put into action. WATERisLIFE Founder Ken Surritte realized the children were drinking water that came from contaminated wells and retention ponds and other unhealthy sources. Inspired by his backpacking days, Ken began working with a water purification factory and the WATERisLIFE portable, straw filters became the flagship product of WATERisLIFE to bring clean water to children, their schools and villages in 45 countries worldwide. WATERisLIFE has a variety of filtration methods implemented. Personal straw filters, home systems and even community wide filtration systems that run on solar and wind power. WATERisLIFE has created some award winning viral videos that are helping to challenge and educate others about the world water crisis. Through the efforts through social media they have been able to bring direct transformation to the areas where these videos were created.