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.

"[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.