MAdeA purchased sewing machines and other equipment so that the women of SAFINA could form a collaborative creating and selling textiles. Photo by Kim Kitchen.

Welcome to Mass Development Association of Dar es Salaam!

MAdeA works to empower women and fight domestic violence and sexual assault in economically isolated areas in Tanzania. The women we work with earn less than a dollar a day and are frequently subject to rape and battering. MAdeA's programs provide women and girls with:

• Training on the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence
• Women's safety programs
• Micro grants and training to women to fund entrepreneurial activities
• School fees to keep young girls in school and out of prostitution
• Education on HIV/AIDS, condom use and other reproductive health issues