David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust | Sponsorship Campaign

Role: Director & Editor

One of my favorite projects to date was getting to collaborate with the folks at David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to tell the stories of their elephant orphanage.

Increased poaching activity across the Maasai Mara and Serengeti leaves young elephants orphaned and without care. DSWT takes in these elephants and cares for them until they reach an age where they can be successfully reintegrated into their habitat. To date they’ve raised over 260 orphaned elephants.

I partnered up with some friends at Pamola Creative to spend a day at DSWT’s sanctuary collecting photography, footage, and interviews to create social media content to encourage more sponsorships of their elephants, which fund their care. We got to make some new friends along the way, who turned out to be friendlier than you’d expect!

Direction & Editing: Aubrey Zych

Cinematography: Taylor Walker

Photography: Chris Shane