Our team
In January 2023, Dahari has a staff of 64 coordinated by a management team of nine people, including five directors.
Dahari has six subteams: Forest Program, Marine Prgram, Agroforest Prograa, Community Workers, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Julia Jones
Scientific Advisor on Forest Conservation Agreements
Julia is Professor of Conservation Science at Bangor University and holder of the Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation at Utrecht University. She is the program's expert on conservation agreements and impact assessment.
Edwin Pygnegar
Scientific Advisor on Conservation Agreements
Edwin is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, UK. His work focuses on designing and implementing conservation agreements, as well as setting up experiments to robustly assess the impacts of conservation programs. He has been part of the Dahari team since October 2022 and plays a central role in shaping the conservation agreements program in Dahari's 2022-27 strategic plan. He brings several years of experience in developing conservation agreement programs with the Bolivian NGO Fundación Natura Bolivia, where he first worked as a collaborating researcher during his doctoral studies and later as head of the Natura's innovation laboratory.
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.
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.
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.
Nadjib Bacar
Community Worker
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.
Nassuboudine Aoussiddine
Technician
Nassuboudine better known as Nassub is a Master II graduate in biochemistry, microbiology, and applied biotechnology at the University of Mahajanga Madagascar. GRM technician since 2020, Nassub plays an active role in the implementation of activities aimed at a sustainable and community management of marine resources. He supervises activities for the valorization of fishery products, as well as the implementation of sustainable fishing techniques as an alternative to destructive techniques.
Nadjil Saindou Kassim
Communication manager
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.
Owen Lewis
Scientific Advisor on Forest Biodiversity
Owen is Professor of Ecology at the University of Oxford, UK. His research team investigates the impacts of environmental change on communities of plants and animals, particularly in tropical forests, and the consequences for ecosystem services. A key goal is to inform landscape-level solutions that can sustain biodiversity alongside human livelihoods. Owen first worked in the Comoros in the 1990s surveying the islands’ endemic butterflies. More recently he has been providing strategic and technical advice to Dahari on mapping and monitoring biodiversity and forests, helping to set conservation priorities.
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.
Roifiki Mahamoud
Technician
After a Master II in sustainable agriculture and water resources management, Roifiki continued his studies to become an engineer in rural engineering at the Institut supérieur agronomique et vétérinaire Valéry Giscard d'Estaing de Faranah (ISAV-VGE) in Guinea. His missions at Dahari allow him to work in a job that is in line with his personal values. Indeed, he contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of farmers and their families in rural areas as well as those who live in villages in the maritime zone
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.
Alioifa Boura
Community Worker
It was since 2013 that Alilioifa began working with Dahari as a community relay. He works mainly in the Moya region in the south of Anjouan. With Maecha and CRDE Ngandzalé, Alilioifa has completed a year of agricultural training. This allows him to train farmers in the absence of the technician in charge.
Sven Ten Napel
In charge of the agricultural sectors
After studying tropical agronomy, Sven immediately started working in development cooperation. In 2012, he joined the ECDD project, where he contributed for almost three years to the emergence of the NGO before leaving for other horizons. A big fan and always in touch, he resumes responsibilities in monitoring and evaluation support in 2019. At the beginning of 2022, Sven took up a full-time position as Head of Agricultural Channels and contributed to the NGO's transition to the new strategic plan 2022-2027.
Isabella Mandl
Endangered Species Interventions Research Fellow
Isabella is a postdoctoral researcher working for Bat Conservation International. She has been working with Dahari since 2018 on researching and protecting the Livingstone’s fruit bat populations on Anjouan and, using her expertise in behavioural ecology and conservation, is leading the ongoing GPS-tracking study on the fruit bats. Together with Dahari, she is investigating the bats’ movements and use of resources throughout Anjouan’s landscape. She has also advised on Dahari’s ecological research, including the annual monitoring of the fruit bats, and is helping with the dissemination of research results to the public.
Tim Pagella
Scientific Advisor on Forests and Water
Tim is Lecturer in Forestry at Bangor University, UK and collaborates frequently with the World Agroforestry Centre, ICRAF. He is a system scientist primarily working in agroforestry systems. In particular his research focuses on the capacity of trees outside woodland to deliver ecosystem services, resilience and sustainable intensification. Tim has supported Dahari since 2016, providing input on approaches to watershed management and agroforestry and their monitoring and evaluation.
Taoufic Said Abdouroihmane
Community Worker
Ngandzalé and Salamani, are the main areas of intervention of Taoufic Said. He started with Dahari in 2020 on sensitization and extension of sustainable agricultural techniques. He also receives different agricultural materials for the beneficiaries of our programs.
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.
Assane Anli
Community Worker
Assane Anli works as a community relay in the Adda region. After having benefited from agricultural trainings at the time of the ECDD project, he joined Dahari in 2016. His daily missions consist in monitoring the demonstration plots. Among other things, Assane organizes trainings and meetings between our technicians and the beneficiaries.
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.
Moustoifa Ben Ali
Community Worker
Moustoifa is a farmer-breeder in Maouéni, in the region of the La Grille massif, on the island of Ngazidja. Leader of a group benefiting from Dahari since 2020, he accompanied our teams for a socio-economic study of the area. Through his dynamism, his commitment and his motivation, he joined our team in Grande Comore as a community relay. He is trained in the agroecological practices that we promote, by ensuring the link with the villagers, the monitoring of activities (training, plantations, seedbeds, PDD, etc.) and the implementation of techniques that respect our environment.
Abdoulkader FARDANE
Technician
Abdoulkader studied life and earth sciences at the University of Comoros. He then joined Dahari in May 2021 as an Natural resources management - Ecology technician.
His missions allow him to be in direct contact with nature, in fact he accompanies nurserymen in their tree production by observing their evolution in the plots, by training them in their maintenance. He also works in collaboration with the Ecology section on counting, georeferencing and collecting data on the habitat of Livingstones.
Hachim Mhodari
Community Worker
Hachim works in the village of Ouzini. He joined Dahari in 2021 as a community relay. He brings his experience in the various trainings on sustainable agricultural techniques that agicutlators benefit from. The follow-up and maintenance of banana germinators are also part of his program.
Moustoifa AHMED
Technician
Moustoifa is a marine technician at GRM and holds a MASTER II in marine sciences, specialising in applied oceanology at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Antsiranana (UNA).
He is determined to carry out his conservation missions through his work on reef
DJAFFAR EL-FAROUK
Responsible vehicles and purchaising
Responsible for the follow-up and management of vehicles and various purchases, Djaffar occupies a strategic position in the daily running of Dahari. Thanks to a Bachelor's degree in computer development obtained in a commercial high school in Morocco, he is able to manage his functions. His CV also includes professional experience as an administrative and accounting assistant at the French NGO Initiative Développement. Moreover, these functions allow him to maintain a harmonious relationship with the rest of the team. This motivates him on a daily basis.
Anrzaki Soumaili
Community Worker
Anzraki has been working for Dahari since 2020 in the villages of Iméré, Salamni, Dzindiri and Vassy. With a degree in agronomy from Madagascar, he is raising awareness among local farmers for the implementation of our programs. He is in charge of the reception and distribution of materials to the beneficiaries.
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