BOONE, N.C. — Brent Kejr has always loved to build things and solve problems. He lived with his family in Asia but decided to move back to the United States and work for Samaritan's Purse three years ago.

What You Need To Know

  • Samaritan's Purse travels around the world providing clean drinking water to as many people as possible

  • They have different technologies and filter systems to help provide water despite the circumstances 

  • Some filters are run by solar panels and can be left in a country permanently

As an engineer, he helps design the equipment used around the world to provide clean drinking water.

"We deployed this the first time in Haiti after the earthquake there. I spent a couple deployments in Ukraine and also setting up some of our water systems for emergency field hospitals in other parts of the world," Kejr said.

They have mobile units that can be taken anywhere, hooked up to water and filtered to make it clean and drinkable. If hooked to a fresh water source, it can provide water for 10,000 people a day.

They also have a small filter that is a little different and is for their field hospitals so they have water to care for patients and surgeries.

"We want to prevent the outbreak of disease," Kejr said.

Deputy Director David Phillips said water is life so they must be ready at a moments notice.

"In a place like Ukraine where water infrastructure was damaged by the war, we were able to drill wells and pull that water out and pump it into different parts of the community," Phillips said.

Their main goal is to provide safe water no matter the disaster because it is essential.