Bringing Water to the World Take a look at some of the pumps industry’s change-makers helping to improve access to safe drinking water. 05/03/2021 When Design Outreach, an Ohio-based nonprofit, visited the Chickwangwala village in Malawi in late 2020 to install a new pump, a local woman had died by crocodile attack while getting water from the river just a few days earlier. In fact, the village had just held a funeral for her the day before Design Outreach arrived. “When the water first started flowing, people were celebrating and dancing and all sorts of things,” said Greg Bixler, co-founder and CEO of Design Outreach. “Fortunately, we can prevent a lot of those tragedies.”