Just returned from a very short trip to the Masai Mara courtesy of Free the Children and Virgin. No time for wildlife photography, this was a fascinating immersion into some of the communities being helped by Free the Children, aiming to get more girls in to school, providing fresh bore water for communities, improving medical access and income streams for women in particular. The emphasis on girls and women is because many girls traditionally don't get to school because they are too busy fetching water from distant rivers and helping their mother generally with the myriad of chores she is doing each day, living in difficult circumstances. 
So we were privileged to spend time talking to community members (Kipsigi and Masai) and we played a very small part in helping build some of the schools - there's not much you can do in a few days but we did what we could. The culture of these tribes is very colourful as you all know but it's impossible to get tired of the colour, enthusiasm and charisma.
More to follow but here are just a few images, there are a lot more to sort through!
Julie
ShutterspeedTravel
Masai Mara communities - October 2011
