2013
Design Outreach became a 501c3
nonprofit organization, and the
first permanent LifePump was
installed in Zolomondo, Malawi. It
would serve as a case study to prove
the incredible transformation that
occurs when a community receives a
sustainable source of safe water.
This installation turned Greg and
Abe’s dream into a reality that
would grow to change hundreds of
communities across the
globe.
2014
As part of the Hundred Pump Project in partnership with World Vision, Design Outreach continued
installing LifePumps across Africa.
Two were installed in Ethiopia, one
in Kenya, one in Malawi, and two in
Zambia.
2015
While LifePump installations
continued and new partnerships were
formed in Haiti, the engineering
team developed and piloted the first
remote sensor for LifePump.
Design Outreach hired its first
part-time staff members to help with
growing operations.
2016
LifePump installations began in
Mali.
Haiti’s first LifePump was installed in
Raymond Jean Bois.
The independent review of the LifePump pilot project with World Vision reported promising results,
which the team presented as
abstracts at two
conferences.
The development of LifePump150, able to
reach up to 150 meters below ground (nearly 500
feet), commenced when the Design
Outreach team saw the need for deeper
drilling in many communities.
2017
In 2017, Design Outreach’s first
full-time staff joined the
team.
Thirty more LifePump installations
occurred across Africa and Haiti,
resulting in a total of 50 communities
served.
The team began developing an
updated LifePump remote sensor and
designing Design Outreach’s
self-closing valve,
LifeTap™.
2018
Design Outreach successfully
installed the first LifePump150 in a
430-foot well in Moulin, Haiti.
Field testing began for LifeTap and an updated
remote sensor, officially named
LifePumpLink™.
LifePump installations began in
South Sudan, and the team made plans
to return to Central African
Republic where the idea for LifePump
was first imagined.
At the same time, the Zambian and
Malawian governments moved forward with
anticipated national acceptance of
LifePump.
The autoLifePump™ project
commenced.
2019
To grow the Research & Development
(R&D) department, Design Outreach
began its support-raising program,
which has allowed the addition of
many professional engineers to the
team.
The first permanent LifePump in Central
African Republic was installed.
Stateside, Design Outreach moved
into a larger office to accommodate
its growing team.
LifePump received official national
acceptance by the government of Malawi.
2020
The Malawi Field Office opened in
the nation’s capital city of
Lilongwe, while the Zambian
government issued national
acceptance of LifePump.
Zimbabwe received its first LifePump
installations, and the LifeLatrine™
project commenced.
LifePumpLink continued to develop
with the launch of its new
dashboard.
In response to the global COVID-19
pandemic, the Design Outreach field
staff began COVID outreach by
distributing face masks, bars of soap,
and hygiene training. The team also
helped share the Gospel and distribute
Christian literature, including Bibles,
in the local language.
2021
Design Outreach installed its first
LifePumps in Central America,
reaching 7 communities in
Guatemala.
The Malawi Field Office guesthouse
opened, allowing Design Outreach to host
teams of staff and volunteers.
The LifePumpLink mobile app was
released, while the R&D team
completed the oxygen humidifier
project, Design Outreach’s first
project in the medical
field.
Design Outreach launched its Fellows
program, welcoming global engineering
experts to the team. The total number of
full-time equivalent team members
reached nearly 20.
2022
Members of the Design Outreach team
met with Malawian President Lazarus
Chakwera to share the vision of
Design Outreach and the transforming
power of LifePump. The meeting
confirmed that Design Outreach has
grown from just a dream to an
internationally recognized
humanitarian organization with
global impact.
The Zambia Field Office opened, paving
the way for similar countrywide impact
in Malawi’s neighboring nation.
Design Outreach began completing
community assessment reports to
provide supporters with detailed
information about communities in
need of LifePump and to provide
greater connection between those we
impact and those who make Design
Outreach’s ministry
possible.
In R&D, the team launched the latest
version of LifePump as well as the India
Mark II/Afridev Handpump Upgrade
Project, designed to expand reliable
access to safe water in communities that
don’t yet qualify for a LifePump. The
R&D team also began working on
developing a negative pressure wound
therapy (NPWT) device.
DO’s staff reached nearly 30
full-time equivalent employees.
2023
To support the negative pressure
wound therapy device work, the team
launched DO Medical LLC, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Design
Outreach.
Design Outreach earned the prestigious
Excellence in Giving Transparency
Certificate.
The first LifePumps in Tanzania and Senegal were installed.
Field testing of LifeLatrines commenced in Malawi.
The R&D team developed a concept
for the negative pressure wound
therapy (NPWT) device.
Design Outreach celebrated 10 years of
impact at the 2023 Galas in Columbus,
Ohio, and Wakarusa, Indiana.