litres of purified drinking water delivered through 20-litre access and packaged programmes
Manufacturing access in Turkana
Everyday essentials belong everywhere.
Lifta builds local systems for safe water, circular materials and personal hygiene—so frontier communities are not priced out by distance.
Built and operating in Kakuma, Turkana
3M+litres of purified water delivered
The work, in numbers
Since operations beganof plastic collected and recycled since November 2025—about 5 million bottles
solar capacity powering longer, more reliable local production
direct jobs created across water, recycling and operations
Safe water, designed for everyday use
Access is more than a bottle of water.
Our 20-litre water access programme gives participating community members a reusable Lifta bottle and a handheld pump at no cost. Families can then refill safely, locally and affordably—reducing the cost and waste of disposable alternatives.
From our Kakuma water facility, Lifta supplies purified water through refill stations, 20-litre delivery and packaged formats. The model is built to reach the communities conventional supply chains leave behind.
Support water accessHow the access programme works
Join
Participating members receive a reusable 20-litre bottle and pump.
Refill
Water is purified locally and made available through our access network.
Reuse
One durable container supports lower-cost, lower-waste daily access.
Circular materials
Waste is not a frontier community’s final burden.
We collect PET through local community networks, sort it in Kakuma and process it into usable recycled material. This keeps plastic in the local economy and builds the foundation for more manufacturing in Turkana.
Clean energy for productive hours
Industry should not wait for the town to sleep.
In Kakuma’s diesel-powered grid, Lifta once had to run production mainly from 10 pm to 6 am. Our 450 kWp solar system and 500 kWh battery storage are changing that—supporting at least 14 hours of daily operations and strengthening the economics of local manufacturing.
2,300+kWh expected each day
800,000+kWh expected each year
VELVIA · PERSONAL & BABY CAREPersonal hygiene
Dignity is an everyday essential.
Through our Velvia range, Lifta supplies baby diapers and sanitary pads designed to be soft, reliable and within reach for families in Turkana. Distance from industrial centres should never decide whether someone can afford the basics.
Baby care
Comfortable diapers for the daily realities of parenthood.
Menstrual dignity
Regular sanitary pads supplied at a price built for access.
The Lifta platform
Water, materials and essentials—built closer to home.
Safe drinking water
Purified water, refill systems and reusable 20-litre containers that make daily access practical.
Affordable essentials
Hygiene products and beverages that reduce the cost of distance for communities in the north.
Materials for industry
Recycled plastic feedstock that creates a base for products, jobs and cleaner communities in the region.
Partnerships that deliver
Back the infrastructure that makes access possible.
Lifta is seeking aligned donors, development partners and strategic collaborators to expand water access, circular materials recovery and affordable essentials across Turkana and other frontier communities.
For partnership enquiries: info@lifta.co.ke · +254 727 329 204