Annie Brent crouching beside a smiling Maasai child on the grass

Annie visiting a Maasai village in Kenya, trekking to see mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and connecting with local communities along the way.

A group of Maasai children gathered on the earthen ground beside their homes
A young Maasai girl standing in the narrow doorway of a mud-walled home
Three Maasai children standing together outdoors for a portrait
Maasai women in colourful dress singing together in a village
Annie Brent standing among Maasai warriors singing in red shukas
Annie Brent seated outdoors with Maasai community partners
Annie Brent holding freshly harvested sweet potatoes in a Rwandan field
Annie Brent walking along a rural path with Rwandan farmers
Visitors and guides gathered beside the Volcanoes National Park sign
A mountain gorilla resting among dense green foliage
Annie Brent standing on a forest trail with Rwandan trek rangers
A litter of puppies curled up asleep on the earthen floor inside a Maasai home
A young felucca crew member in white perched on the rail of a boat on the Nile at Aswan
A Nubian host carrying a tray of tea glasses under a reed canopy above the Nile
A felucca captain in white seated with a boy on patterned cushions under the boat's canopy
A guide in an olive galabeya standing in a weathered stone doorway at Saqqara
A man seated at the base of the towering carved columns of Luxor Temple
Annie Brent standing in the sand before the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Annie Brent standing between two doormen in white capes and red fezzes at an ornately tiled Marrakech entrance
A penguin adoption certificate for "Annie" held up against the rocks and sea at Boulders Beach, South Africa