MSABI
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| Established | 2009 |
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| Founder | Dale Young |
| Staff | 73[1] |
| Website | msabi |
MSABI is a non-governmental organization founded by Dale Young in 2009 in Ifakara, Tanzania. Its projects focus on water sanitation, hygiene, and education.
Name and history
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Engineer Dale Young moved to Tanzania in 2007 with his partner who was conducting malaria research. He founded MSABI in 2009 after witnessing a cholera outbreak that resulted from unclean drinking water.[2] The name stands for Maji Safi kwa Afya Bora Ifakara, which translates to "Safe Water for Better Health Ifakara."[3] MSABI's projects focus on installing water pumps, distributing filter pots, building latrines, and educating people on sanitation and hygiene.[4]
The aim is to combat diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid, and trachoma, which all may be caused from poor quality drinking water.[3]
MSABI partners with Engineers Without Borders (UK)[5] for surveying, drilling, manufacturing, and capacity building projects.[6] EWB UK also provides international training courses at MSABI.[7]
MSABI has provided more than 60 water points and more than 1,400 filters which together serve more than 17,000 users.[1]
Janji works with MSABI.[citation needed]
Ceramic water filters
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MSABI produces and distributes ceramic water filters, which are branded Tembo filter pots. The filters cost the equivalent of $18 USD.[8] They are manufactured by the Upendo Women's Group in collaboration with MSABI.[9] MSABI currently has a production capacity of 3,600 filter pots per year.[10] These filters help remove iron and manganese known to be found in water in the area.[11]
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