Our team
January 2021, Dahari has a staff of 60 coordinated by a management team of nine people, including five directors.
Dahari has six sub-teams: Natural Resources Management and Ecology, Marine, Agriculture, Mobilization, Administration, Communication.
Dahari is proud of the diversity of the origins of its staff, from national graduates to community outreach staff, to expatriates.
Assani "Domoni" Hambali
Senior Agricultural Technician
Assani Hambali, nicknamed “Domoni”, has specialized in agriculture since 1982. He began his career as a technician in a project to support small producers in Nioumakélé, after which he became an agricultural technician in the DECVAS project before joining the PNDHD project and Dahari. He started his career as an agricultural technician in Bimbini-Lingoni before becoming zone manager.
Abasse Abdou
Accountant
Abasse followed management studies in finance and accounting at the University of the Comoros then in Madagascar. He first worked for Orange in Madagascar, then returned to Anjouan to become manager of a Telma shop. He joined Dahari in May 2017 as an accountant and is in charge of monitoring and managing cash flow as well as bank reconciliations.
Abdallah Charif
Agricultural technician
Higher technician in agronomy, Abdallah Charif graduated from the University of Professional Training (UFP) of Mahajanga in Madagascar. Since March 2017, Abdallah has collaborated with Dahari as site manager in charge of activities for the multiplication, demonstration, and experimentation of agricultural products with the aim of promoting sustainable development.
Aboubacar Zahahé
Agro team leader in Ngazidja
He holds a master's degree in Agronomy and Local Development Management, Aboubacar is responsible for the Rural Development team in Ngazidja. He oversees the coordination and the monitoring of field activities while providing technical assistance to the development of the intervention strategy on the island where the capital of the Comoros is located.
Ali Ahamadi
Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Ali is Director of the Anjouan’s Sanduks microcredit institution. After studying agronomy in France, he managed rural development programs before founding the Sanduks in the 1990s.
Amelaid Houmadi
Monitoring-evaluation and ecology manager
Dr. Houmadi studied biology, ecology and animal conservation at the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar and has since worked in different environmental organizations in Madagascar and Anjouan. He joined the ECDD team in 2009 and has carried out extensive research work on the biodiversity of the Comoros. For Dahari, he first worked as an ecological technician, then became team leader in 2016. Thanks to his research work with Dahari, he obtained his doctorate in 2020 at the University of Antananarivo.
Amina Miradji
Mobilizer
Amina plays a key role in fisheries monitoring data collection and community mobilization for the implementation of initiatives on marine resources management, specifically in the village of Dzindri. In 2017, she joined Dahari after obtaining her degree from the University of the Comoros in life sciences.
Angela Rajaonina
Accounting assistant
After obtaining a master's degree in finance and accounting in Antananarivo, Angela joined Dahari as an accounting assistant for her first professional experience in the Comoros. She is responsible for supplier and service provider relations, the purchase and monitoring of office supplies and supports her team in carrying out numerous administrative and accounting tasks.
Anllaouddine Abou
President of the Board of Directors
Anllaouddine is professor of ecology at the University of the Comoros in Moroni. He has worked with several international institutions including FAO, IFAD and GEF. The projects he worked on in the Comoros were focused on environmental impacts, global warming, natural resource management and endangered species.
Bacar Houmadi
Security guard
Bacar is responsible for the security of the facilities of the organisation, while he also provides valuable support on maintenance and logistics. He has been employed at Dahari for years, and has become a pillar of the NGO.
Combo Abdallah
Senior AgriculturalTechnician
Combo studied at the Mohéli national school of agriculture. He worked for 15 years as a veterinary technician on the island before joining the Dahari team in September 2016 as an agricultural technician. He works with farmers in the villages on the southern part of the island of Anjouan and on cattle breeding.
Daoud Ahmed
Agriculturaltechnician
Daoud received a License diploma in environmental studies from the University of Patsy before working on a project on livestock farming in Jimilime He then joined the Directorate of livestock farming in Anjouan as a veterinary technician before joining Dahari in 2019 as a technician in natural resources management and agriculture.
Denis Legrand
Administrative and Financial Assistant
After working in France in private logistics since 2005 - an experience that was briefly interrupted by a stint in Togo in 2009 - Denis followed a training course in administrative management at the Bioforce Institute in 2014. He then worked on various assignments with associations as coordinator of support services in the DRC and Madagascar before joining Dahari in 2020 as a technical administrative and financial assistant. His responsibility is to provide support, train and advise the administration of the NGO.
Dhahaleb Ali Charif
Administrative and Financial Manager
Dhahaleb joined Dahari folowing a rich and varied career: a master's degree in economics followed by a training in project management, a teaching experience in statistics and mathematics, and finally a stint with the UNDP. He joined the organisaiton in 2014 as an accounting assistant, became administrative and financial manager in 2016, and is now in charge of establishing donor budget monitoring, financial reports and coordinating the tasks of the administrative team.
Dhoul-Kamal "Disco" Abi Houmadi
Driver and logistician
As driver and logistician, Disco's role is to repair and maintain vehicles, carry out purchases and deliveries and transport Dahari teams to the field. He has been with us since 2012.
Dr Anssoufouddine
Vice-president of the Board of Directors
Dr Anssoufouddine Mohamed is a cardiologist at Hombo hospital in Mutsamudu. He is involved in the fight against non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Author of poetry and fiction, he is present on the cultural scene through the Club Soirhane in Mirontsy.
Fanny "Effy" Vessaz
Advisor
Assigned to Dahari as part of our partnership with Blue Ventures, Effy provides technical support on the management of marine resources and has supervised the team and its activities since September 2017. With extensive experience in marine conservation in various tropical countries, she brings essential skills to the development of the program.
Faissoil Said
Senior Marine Technician
Responsible for marine biodiversity assessment, he supervises community technicians for field activities. He is also in charge of fisheries monitoring as part of the evaluation of communities fishing activities and ecological monitoring.
Fakidine Zaidane Soula
Mobilizer
Fakidine studied in Conakry where he received his master's degree in community development, then joined the Dahari team in 2019 as a community mobilizer. Through his work responsibilities, he is in contact with growers and can exchange and collect the necessary information for improving the productivity of local associations.
Fatima Ousseni
Marine mobilization officer
She joined Dahari in January 2016 as a socio-economic researcher within the marine management sector after four years of work in the ECDD project (Community Engagement for Sustainable Development). Fatima studied natural sciences at the University of Mahajanga, where she obtained a masters’ degree with a specialization in waste management. She is currently in charge of mobilization for the marine activities in the Vassy zone.
Haboulati Saïd
Mobilizer
As a young graduate of the University of the Comoros, Haboulati joined Dahari for her first work as a mobilizer in the rural development team.
Hilal Saidina
Community agent
Hilal plays a key role in fisheries monitoring data collection and community mobilization for the implementation of initiatives related to community marine resources management, specifically in the village of Salamani.
Himdata Aboubacar
Secretary General of the Board of Directors
Himdata Aboubacar has been teaching mathematics and biology in Moroni since 1993. Member of Dahari since its inception in February 2013, she is currently General Secretary of the Board of Directors.
Hugh Doulton
Co-Director
Following biology studies at the University of Oxford and a master's degree in environment and international development at the University of East Anglia, Hugh embarked on the ECDD adventure in 2007, a project he had developed following research in the Comoros in 2005. He is one of the founding members of Dahari and was a Technical Director until 2017, when he became Strategic Advisor while supporting other local conservation NGOs in East Africa and in Madagascar for Maliasili. He returns to Dahari as Co-Director in 2020 to advance the strategic development of the NGO.
Ibrahim Mohamed
Mobilizer
After obtaining a degree in earth and environmental science at the University of the Comoros, he continued his studies in Madagascar where he obtained his DEA diploma in geosciences and technologies. He joined Dahari in 2019 as a mobilizer and his role is to support farmers' associations.
Ishaka Said
Senior Technician NRM
Ishaka has developed an extensive expertise in biodiversity thanks to 20 years of work experience in the Comorian forests for various research and conservation projects. He joined the ECDD project in 2008 before becoming an ecologist technician at Dahari. He also was the NGO's first eco-tourist guide.
Marie Mokrani
Studies manager in Ngazidja
With a rich expertise in agro-development and an engineering diploma from the ISTOM, Marie is tasked with undertaking the necessary studies to assess as best as possible the activities of Dahari in Grande Comore. She also provides important support for the presence of Dahari on the island and performs logistics and administration tasks.
Michaël Gozlan
Communication manager
Holder of a master's degree in International Co-operation and Multilingual Communication from the Stendhal University of Grenoble, Michaël knew his first professional experiences in Burundi where he worked during 4 years in the field of associative and private entities communication. After another 4 years of expatriate experience in Guinea, he came to Anjouan in 2020 to oversee Dahari’s communication with the mission of updating the organisation's tools with the aim of making the NGO shine in the Comoros and internationally.
Misbahou Mohamed
Co-Director
Holder of a master's degree in natural and environmental resource management from the University of Tamatave, he joined the ECDD project very early on as a facilitator. His mastery of this field and his skills helped him become Executive Director of Dahari when it was created in 2013. He then obtained a Darwin Initiative Capacity Building Fellowship from the British government to attend conservation and sustainable development training in England, France, and Madagascar. He returned to the Comoros a year later to become strategic coordinator, then technical director, and finally Co-Director.
Moilimou Athoumani
Agricultural Technician
Agricultural engineer by training, Moilimou is particularly fond of contact with farmers. He received his training in Guinea and then Mali, and he believes that agriculture is an art that requires perfection and perseverance.
Mourdi Mohamed
Agricultural Technician
Originally from Adda, Mourdi is an agricultural engineer who graduated from the Higher Agronomic and Veterinary Institute of Conakry. Upon returning to the country, he became a life sciences teacher in a private school in Salamani and at the same time created an agricultural association in Niumakélé. He then joined Dahari as an agricultural technician, mobilizing producers, but also to providing training and conducting visits to the villages of Moya and Kowé.
Nadia Ambdi Keldi
Senior Technician in NRM
She holds a License diploma in the conservation and development of terrestrial ecosystems which she received in 2008 from the University of Diego-Suarez. Nadia continued her studies at the University of Mahajanga where she received a master's degree in plant biodiversity enhanced management. She joined Dahari in 2015 as a technician in ecology and oversees the monitoring of Livingstone’s fruit bats, the conduct of social investigations and the preparation of forest tree seedlings for reforestation projects.
Nadjib Bacar
Community agent
Nadjib plays a key role in fisheries monitoring data collection and community mobilization for the implementation of initiatives related to community marine resources management, specifically in the village of Vassy.
Nadjil Saindou Kassim
Communication officer
A graduate in diplomatic communication, Nadjil began his career by opening an educational orientation center in Anjouan. He then joined Dahari as a communications officer. His mission is to ensure the visibility of the NGO at local, national, and international level, as well as to develop internal communication.
Nastazia Mohamed
NRM Technician
Holder of a License diploma in earth and environmental sciences that she obtained at the University of Patsy, Nastazia first joined Dahari on an internship within the ecology pole for the counting of Livingstone’s fruit bats and the sampling of nocturnal terrestrial reptiles. She then joined the team full-time as a natural resources’ management technician, and now participates in the supervision of participatory monitoring, reforestation monitoring, the counting of Livingstone’s fruit bats and the production of maps.
Oumar Mohamed
Senior Agricultural Technician
Omar studied agronomic sciences in Madagascar before working for several NGOs such as Les pepinières d'Antsirabe or the CAP. He joined Dahari in September 2016 as an agricultural technician and took up the responsibility of monitoring the rural development team.
Raissa Bakari
Mobilizer
Raïssa has been working at Dahari since 2019 where she arrived after studying anthropobiology and sustainable development at the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar. She puts her skills at the service of her mobilizing mission. Passionate about contact with farmers, she listens to their needs and supports them in their daily activities.
Said Mohamed Ali Said
Advisor to the Board of directors
Said specialized in rural development at the University of Picardie Jules Verne - France. In his capacity as UNDP / GEF project manager in the field of the environment from 1998 to 2006, he acquired a solid experience in the design and coordination of sustainable management projects of natural resources as well as in the organizational development of local communities. He is also familiar with the mysteries of the Comorian administration through the posts of Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Secretary General of the Comorian Government and Secretary General of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros that he successively occupied from 2006 to 2018. Today, he owns the Vanilla Lodge hotel in Mohéli.
Salim Ibrahim Cheikh
Mobilizer
Salim holds a master's degree in environment and land use planning from the University of Antananarivo, which first earned him the position of head of the Anjouan forest service at the Regional Directorate for the Environment. He then became the head of prospective studies at the Regional Department of Town Planning and Housing. He joined Dahari as a reforestation technician and mobilizer to oversee the monitoring of nurseries, the georeferencing of reforested areas, awareness activities for the different associations and the monitoring of agricultural activities.
Samirou Soulaïmana
NRM Technician
Originally from Mrémani, Samirou studied economics at the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar where he obtained a Master 2 diploma in Project management and local development. Following an internship at Ndzuwani Gold, he joined Dahari as a natural resources management officer. Among other responsibilities, he was was in charge of reforestation activities and their monitoring, as well as establishing nurseries.
Siti Mohamed
Director of Social Mobilization
Siti studied Philosophy at the University of Tamatave in Madagascar before specializing in the management of natural resources. She has worked with Dahari since the association was set up, first as a facilitator and then as an agricultural technician. At the beginning of 2014, Siti took on the position of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, then she became Director of Human Resources and Social Mobilization.
Soulaimana Abdallah
Senior Agricultural Technician
After teaching history and geography for ten years, Soula decided to change career path by studying agriculture in Mohéli before joining the Dahari team in 2009. For more than 10 years, he has been supporting the villages of the southern zone (Moya, Kowé, Pomoni, Nindri) as an agricultural technician.
Thomas Henrion
Operational manager
Thomas holds a master’s in management of Social Sector Organizations. He then worked for 8 years in French associations in project management and support positions for structures in different sectors, from the fight against precariousness to culture, including the right to housing. At Dahari, he is responsible for setting up and maintaining a training program for the teams, improving the management of logistics and financial and technical partners, as well as participating in improving the management of interventions on the site.
Volatiana Raharisoa
Accountant
Volatiana studied finance and accounting management in 2010 in Madagascar. She then worked in various companies as an accountant before joining Dahari in December 2015 where she oversees the recording of accounting documents.
Youssouf Katada
Mobilizer
Katada studied at the National Horticultural Center in Moroni before joining Dahari as the manager of the Pagé site where he oversees seeds multiplication, experiments and demonstrations.
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