Milgis Team
Our incredibly supportive board of Trustees
CECILIE MALM BRUNDTLAND INA ASTRUP PETE ILSLEY ANETTE KROSBY HELEN DOUGLAS-DUFRESNE
Our field team
Helen Douglas-Dufresne
Co-founder, trustee.. runs camel safaris..
Helen is the Boss. She has lived in the area for 30 years and knows the Samburu people intimately. She has paved the way for conservation in Northern Kenya and has developed a unique conservation model that we follow.
Pete Ilsley
Co-founder, trustee and
Manager of the Water Projects
Pete is project manager for humanitarian and community initiatives. This includes water projects, dams and fleet management. Pete has vast experience working in remote parts of Africa and is a key player in the establishment of the trust.
Moses Lesoloyia
Manager
Moses Lesoloyia is responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s activities are efficiently implemented and coordinated. He is at the forefront of all community and conservation
development initiatives.
Digby Douglas-Dufresne
Sustainability Coordinator
Digby helps to coordinate programme implementation and run the digital structure of the trust. He works with the manager to ensure everything keeps working and is leading several new projects in the field.
Mary Leorto
Family planning educator
Mary is the Trust's family planning educator. Her work is to travel to all the communities and implement family planning strategies. Additionally educating
Where do we work?
Core Operations
The Trust is run from Lkanto hill, which is situated at the confluence of the Seiya and Barsaloi Lugga's. The entire trust relies heavily on radio communication facilities situated at the top of the hill
The radios are manned 24 hours by our radio operators who have the extremely important job of coordinating all the ground operations.
lKanto Hill
Milgis Scouts
The milgis scouts form the core structure of all of our operations. In true Samburu fashion, big decisions are rarely carried out without the blessing of all of the scouts. They are not only responsible for conservation, but also act as liasons for all of our projects being carried out in their respective communities.
Unit Leaders
Ndoto Mountains
Daniel Lentukunye
Head of Scouts
Ltangi Lediakashe
Scout Leader
Desert Unit
Lmankiyon Lepalat
Scout Leader
Seiya Unit
Lkaita Letura
Scout Leader
Ndoto Unit
Lpaatiri Lerugum
Scout Leader
Lgerei Unit
Lkiramats
In addition to our team of scouts, we have also got Lkiramats (informants), who are based in the same communities as the scouts. They are part time employees of the trust and are responsible for bringing in information that helps us with our work. They also help the scouts to mobilise communities, address issues and act as liasons between the community and the trust.
