MDASA was established in 2013 and is a non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profit making body devoted to the study, promotion and empowerment of all aspects of the Moringa tree such as growing, product development, marketing, protection, research, social, health and economic exploitation of Moringa and other related areas, as below: 

• Address socio-economic development issues through the use of Moringa (nutrition, medicinal, job creation, enterprise development)
• Promote the use and production of Moringa in South Africa through collaboration, research and community training, farming, new product development and quality control, marketing, teaching and information sharing through workshops on any aspect of Moringa
• Harmonise knowledge and facts about Moringa
• Disseminate information through Community workshops, advertising, newsletters
• Train communities on various aspects of Moringa - from growing through product development to marketing.