In 2009, Nadia completed an internship with the Community Engagement for Sustainable Development Project (ECDD)—the precursor to Dahari. She subsequently traveled to Madagascar to pursue her Master’s degrees (M1 and M2) in Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Mahajanga.

Upon her return to the Comoros in 2015, she joined our ecology team, where she has continued to grow and develop ever since.

After spending years in the forests of Anjouan working on projects focused on lemurs, birds, and reptiles, she went on to specialize in research on the Livingstone’s fruit bat, in collaboration with our partner, Bat Conservation InternationalNotably, Nadia managed fruit bat census campaigns, training interns from the Patsy University SiteUniversity of the Comorosas well as staff from our partner organization, the National Network of Protected AreasComoros National Parks).

(Comoros National Parks). She also contributed to natural resource management through reforestation initiatives, eventually advancing to the position of senior technician—a role she attained following specialized training in Mauritius and Madagascar provided by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation TrustToday, and always, we honor her courage, her dynamic presence as a female leader within our team, and the genuine enthusiasm she brought to her work.

Her sudden passing has left us all deeply saddened. Our thoughts are with her family, to whom we extend our deepest and most sincere condolences.