Water water water… IS life!!!..

April 29, 2021 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, Conservation, Dams, Elephants, Grevy Zebras, Health, Kenya, Milgis, Northern Kenya, rendille, Samburu, Schools, Water, Wildlife | 2 Comments

DESERTS!!! ??? Northern Kenya… Dramatic, beautiful, dangerous, space, incredible, hot, water is very precious.. theres hundreds of words to describe this amazing place!… If you have ever been really, really thirsty in your life you would know to plan properly when travelling in Northern kenya.. a normal journey into the desert can very quickly turn […]

The last year in a nutshell..

July 28, 2020 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, carnivores, Conservation, Dams, Elephants, eyes, fires, Grevy Zebras, Health, Kenya, medical, Milgis, Northern Kenya, rendille, safaris, Samburu, Schools, Walking, Water, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Here with our news of the last year in the Milgis… I hope you enjoy reading through this nicely put together newsletter, by our enthusiastic ‘Digs’…. Click below! https://issuu.com/milgistrust/docs/a_20year_20in_20the_20milgis Just in case you are like me, and your computer wont open the above try this PDF below!! A year in the Milgis We are all […]

2018 greats and HUGE THANKS ALWAYS!!

December 16, 2018 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, carnivores, Conservation, Dams, Elephants, fires, Grevy Zebras, Health, Kenya, medical, Milgis, Northern Kenya, safaris, Samburu, Schools, Walking, Water, Wildlife | 1 Comment

2018 a year with wonderful sun rises, moon and moon eclipses, an amazing line of planets Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars all in the sky at once in a perfect line, and always the exquisite stars!!! Stars in the sky and OUR supporters!! THANK YOU ALL!! This year started so badly with an awfal drought […]

Adventure and thanks!!!

September 15, 2018 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, Conservation, Elephants, fires, Health, Kenya, Milgis, Northern Kenya, safaris, Samburu, Schools, Walking, Water, Wildlife | 6 Comments

Sometimes being remote has its challenges and in this last year we have lost alot of sleep because we’ve had a string of Elephants limping badly, or very poorly for various reasons, some gun shot wounds, but mainly a disease the Samburu call ‘Lokuchum’ and sadly most of the time we have not been able […]

Lene Maria and Maria Annette.. In memory!

August 28, 2016 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, Conservation, Grevy Zebras, Health, Kenya, Milgis, Northern Kenya, Samburu, Schools, Water, Wildlife | Leave a comment

These two beautiful girls, Lene Maria and Maria Annette sadly are not with us any more… but in their memory so many people in Samburu land have a smile!! so we thank the two families the Bergums and Ofstads for every thing they have done.. Lene Maria was so kind to Maria Annette in […]

Sarah is doing it again for ‘US’!! asheOling!!.. Thank you..

June 10, 2016 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in adventure, Africa, Conservation, Kenya, medical, Milgis, Northern Kenya, safaris, Samburu, Schools, Walking, Wildlife | 1 Comment

THINKING and THANKING YOU SARAH!! We wish you all the luck in the world to finish this amazing challenge!! BUT the blog is all about this amazing girl Sarah bourghardt who raced in the hardest ski race in the world a few years back to raise awareness and money for the ‘Milgis’ and now […]

Will we see elephants on Mt Kulal soon?!!

May 11, 2016 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in Africa, Conservation, Elephants, fires, Health, Kenya, Milgis, Northern Kenya, Samburu, Schools | 2 Comments

Its true elephants never forget!.. They know there is a remote mountain further north that used to be part of their ‘home’ and they have been probing the desert north/east of the Ndotos to see if theres a way back to Kulal.. .. We are all excited about it!..As this is at the crux of […]

Milgis activities and where are the rains??

October 18, 2015 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in Africa, Conservation, Elephants, fires, Kenya, Milgis, Northern Kenya, Samburu, Schools, Wildlife | 3 Comments

It should be the end of the dry season by now?? .. Its such a tough time for every living thing.. Here its HOT, DRY, VERY WINDY, DUSTY and nothing left for the animals to eat.. Water is hard to find.. The fires rage.. Its so tinder dry they catch so easily… So this cloud […]

Elephant rescue.. and Vital projects for the future of the trust.. and porcupines!!

September 13, 2015 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in Africa, Conservation, Dams, Elephants, fires, Health, Kenya, medical, Milgis, Northern Kenya, rendille, Samburu, Schools, Water, Wildlife | Leave a comment

This Young elephant had slipped into this well 36 hours before and it was just luck that somebody passed by and saw him.. If we had not been on the end of a radio he would have baked in the hot sun inside this horror hole.. With in 5 minutes of hearing about it on […]

YOU CAN’T TALK ‘CONSERVATION’ UNTILL YOU’VE DEALT WITH THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE!!

April 25, 2015 · by Helen Douglas-Dufresne | in Conservation, Dams, Elephants, Grevy Zebras, Health, Kenya, medical, Milgis, Northern Kenya, rendille, Samburu, Schools, Water, Wildlife | 4 Comments

The Milgis Trust was started because this forgotten and totally unique part of the world needed some sort of protection.. The forests were burning and the Wildlife was disappearing!…. All sadly caused by humans… I’ve written plenty of blogs on the issue!! BUT Its difficult to talk to a thirsty man in the desert […]