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Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

Sawyer Products is delivering safe drinking water to nearly half of Fiji’s population, mostly in remote and rural communities.

Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

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July 24, 2025
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Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

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Sawyer Products is delivering safe drinking water to nearly half of Fiji’s population, mostly in remote and rural communities.

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Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

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How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

Editor’s Note: I discovered Safety, Harbor, Florida-based Sawyer Products while investigating a story on insect repellents. Sawyer not only has effective repellents but is also in the water filtration business. They make systems for camping and a number of other applications. In perusing their website I noted “Mission Fiji“, the company’s NGO project to bring clean, drinkable water to the Fiji Islands.

I was not expecting to see “Fiji” come up on this company’s website. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly surprised. I was also pleased to see that in a world where being a good Samaritan is looked upon by so called “thought leaders” as “woke”, here was a U.S. company going out of their way to bring clean water to rural communities in Fiji (and other Pacific Islands).

I know how crucial access to drinkable water is in Fiji because I contracted a parasite in a Viti Levu village many years ago and became very ill. Being a privileged white guy, when I returned home, I was lucky enough to have a tropical medicine doc assess the situation and get me the meds I needed.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Rob Kay.

Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

Editor’s Note: I discovered Safety, Harbor, Florida-based Sawyer Products while investigating a story on insect repellents. Sawyer not only has effective repellents but is also in the water filtration business. They make systems for camping and a number of other applications. In perusing their website I noted “Mission Fiji“, the company’s NGO project to bring clean, drinkable water to the Fiji Islands.

I was not expecting to see “Fiji” come up on this company’s website. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly surprised. I was also pleased to see that in a world where being a good Samaritan is looked upon by so called “thought leaders” as “woke”, here was a U.S. company going out of their way to bring clean water to rural communities in Fiji (and other Pacific Islands).

I know how crucial access to drinkable water is in Fiji because I contracted a parasite in a Viti Levu village many years ago and became very ill. Being a privileged white guy, when I returned home, I was lucky enough to have a tropical medicine doc assess the situation and get me the meds I needed.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Rob Kay.

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Fiji Guide: How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

How Sawyer Filters Are Helping Fiji Become A Model For Safe, Drinkable Water

Editor’s Note: I discovered Safety, Harbor, Florida-based Sawyer Products while investigating a story on insect repellents. Sawyer not only has effective repellents but is also in the water filtration business. They make systems for camping and a number of other applications. In perusing their website I noted “Mission Fiji“, the company’s NGO project to bring clean, drinkable water to the Fiji Islands.

I was not expecting to see “Fiji” come up on this company’s website. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly surprised. I was also pleased to see that in a world where being a good Samaritan is looked upon by so called “thought leaders” as “woke”, here was a U.S. company going out of their way to bring clean water to rural communities in Fiji (and other Pacific Islands).

I know how crucial access to drinkable water is in Fiji because I contracted a parasite in a Viti Levu village many years ago and became very ill. Being a privileged white guy, when I returned home, I was lucky enough to have a tropical medicine doc assess the situation and get me the meds I needed.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Rob Kay.

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Rob Kay
Since 1996, FijiGuide has provided readers with accurate, curated information.
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