Around sixty of them, men and women, took part in the public meeting organised by NGOs. Dahari and Development Initiative in the village of Jimilimé on 10 November 2018, honoured by the presence of the mayor and his wife. This meeting, which took place as part of reforestation and structuring of the wood-energy sector activities, had as its objectives to present and promote the project “My Body”, to assess the initial planting campaigns, announce future activities, recruit new planters, and retain the beneficiaries from 2018.

The meeting began with a speech by the mayor, who started by thanking Dahari and ID for choosing the locality of Jimilimé for the project's establishment. «My body». The mayor acknowledged his «initial resistance to the project » but after having « Understood that one cannot live without trees » in his opinion, he has « finally accepted »Addressing the population of his village, the mayor recalled the benefits of planting trees, after recounting the history of Jimilimé, a village that was previously covered in trees, unlike its current state. For this reason, he called on the people of Jimilimé to embrace this project. «My body» and to invest themselves fully in the future of their region.

The presence of Dahari's Executive Director at this meeting allowed the attendees to gain a better understanding of the NGO's activities within the framework of the Comoros' development. For her part, the project manager presented ID, the NGO's history as well as its activities in Anjouan, where it has been established since 1996.

Next, the project « My body » to enable the assistance to better understand it and consequently adopt it. The technical director of Dahari seized this opportunity to highlight it, emphasizing the importance of seeing the people of Jimilimé participate in this project for the development of the locality. The team members also presented the reasons for choosing Jimilimé, which is not a coincidence and was based on several criteria that led these NGOs to take an interest in it for the sustainable development of the area. These include, in particular, soil aridity and degradation, the presence of «padza» areas, the absence of projects in the ylang-ylang sector, the presence of ylang-ylang producers and distillers, and the presence of many unfenced plots, among others.

The team also stressed the benefits of the project« My body »which are summarised as the protection of natural resources and biodiversity through the restoration of eroded areas, which will also enable producers to improve agricultural yields and their income. Finally, the team reviewed the activities carried out as part of the project during 2018 and presented the outlook for 2019 in order to collaborate better with the population and organise themselves to achieve better results.

The participants took the opportunity to urge the State to put in place forest wardens to protect the forests and to ask Dahari and ID an expansion of the project that is not currently possible but which, in the long term, remains one of the two NGOs' objectives.

For the 2018 reforestation campaign, the project focused on three species requested by plot owners: filao, cassia, and acacia. In total, 3,764 trees were planted by 20 people across 21 plots.

From mid-August to the end of November, a campaign to plant gliricidia cuttings enabled over 60 beneficiaries to fence – in part or totally – their plots. More than 15,500 cuttings were distributed and planted.

In 2019, a new planting campaign is planned for 10 forest and fruit tree species, with 3 species dedicated to padza restoration. The nursery will be open from 2nd January until all plants are distributed. The team hopes to maintain and increase community mobilisation around its planting and training activities, notably by extending the intervention zone to all agricultural plots located in Jimilimé.