Design Outreach Installs LIFEPUMP™ in Malawi Villages Hand pump brings up water for drinking, sanitation Columbus, OH (Dec. 11, 2013) – A team from Design Outreach, led by volunteers Rich Arthur and Thom Haubert, has successfully installed the LIFEPUMP™ in a Malawi village to provide fresh water to nearly 700 inhabitants. The LIFEPUMP™ is the flagship product for Design … Read More
Two Roads in a Wood
Robert Frost penned a poem in 1920 about a fork in the road and taking the path less traveled. Sometimes we choose the path we journey in life for ourselves. We deliberate and weigh the options before us, straining our sight to look down as far as we can, making the wisest choice. But sometimes we don’t choose the path. … Read More
Design Outreach’s Central Africa Trip
Three years ago, we had a dream. What if we could design long-lasting, sustainable products to provide practical relief for the impoverished, co-citizens of our world? Design Outreach was formed and we turned first to water, strategizing ways to make clean water accessible. Strategy became PCP piping and hand cranks, refinements and US testing and finally, in February 2013, we touched African soil once … Read More