Better known as Aly Ly, Aboubacry Ly is Mauritania's focal point for the Network for Emergence and Development of Ecovillages in the Sahel. He is the chief of Loboudou Village (District of DAR EL Barka). He started his a professional primary teaching carrier in October 1982 and retired in 2017. In parallel with his work as an educator, he carried out community development activities for the benefit of the local population, voluntarily from the commune of Dar el Barka. Thanks to the many trainings he has attended he has acquired additional skills in literacy, primary health care, community animation, organization-management agroforestry Aly Ly is a passionate community development expert and facilitator