Meet Kefa Harrison
Kefa Harrison (35) lives in Chadzama, Malawi, where he serves as Village Development Committee Chair responsible for overseeing the development of the communities in his area. He is a farmer who also builds houses and is married with two children—a boy and a girl.
When Kefa was selected by his community to serve as their Village Development Committee Chair, he took on the role of overseeing development across his area—making sure that resources, training, and projects move forward for the benefit of every village.
When the MaxLife™ Centralizer arrived in his region at the end of December 2025, Kefa was the one who encouraged every nearby village to install them on their Afridev hand pumps.
Kefa told us about two Afridev pumps in particular—one in his own village and one in nearby Chamadenga. “They are the two pumps that give people headaches,” he said. With the old black centralizers, both were notorious for failing.
But with the MaxLife Centralizers in place, the difference has been unmistakable. “The pump that has the blue centralizer has not broken down,” he told us. And his community has noticed. People are now actively saving money to buy MaxLife Centralizers—not the cheap, short-lived black ones—because they understand that the upfront investment saves them many times over.
When we asked Kefa what he would say to another village considering the MaxLife upgrade, his answer was simple: “The goodness of the blue has already been seen in the communities. For those who want the blue centralizers, they should buy them, because they are very good.”
And when we asked what he saw for the future, he imagined a healthier life for his entire region: “When all the pumps are working properly, there will be no waterborne illnesses like cholera.”
Kefa is exactly the kind of local leader who makes our work sustainable. He understands the technology, his community, and that the work of clean water is the work of many people pulling in the same direction. Design Outreach serves as the catalyst, but communities are the constant. This is how we will solve the global water crisis—together.
