The Milgis Trust

In early March, Feral Film's Jimmy Greenwood and Stefano Cassini traveled to the Milgis valley between the Ndoto mountains and the Matthews range in Northern Kenya. Helen Douglas Dufresne has been operating camel safaris in the area since 1989. Together with generous patrons, she and her partner Pete Ilsley started the Milgis Trust in 2004 to help the pastoral communities of the area.

The people had lost sight of their traditional values of conservation and the idea is to assist them to rediscover that and encourage wildlife to return to the area. They have worked with donors, primarily the Voss Foundation of Norway to provide clean, sustainable drinking water projects away from wildlife areas. They also have a dam building unit which is used to construct pan dams to catch rain water which can be used by livestock and wildlife alike. They have also helped with education and healthcare in the region and have a mobile clinic to reach remote communities. The clinic provides, medical, veterinary and family planning services.

Feral Film Foundation are making a film for the Milgis Trust to use for fund-raising purposes which will be posted online in May.